Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Parent taxon: Pliomeridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapliomera, Benedettia, Colobinion, Cybelopsinae, Encrinurella, Evropeites, Gogoella, Guizhoupliomerops, Hammatocneminae, Hintzeia, Ibexaspis, Josephulus, Leiostrototropis, Lemureops, Liexiaspis, Obliteraspis, Parapliomera, Perissopliomera, Pliomera, Pliomerella, Pliomeridius, Pliomerina, Pliomerinae, Protoencrinurella, Protopliomerella, Protopliomerops, Pseudomera, Rossaspis
Subtaxa: Placoparia (Coplacoparia) Placoparia (Placoparia) Placoparia borni Placoparia cambriensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (4), Morocco (1), Portugal (4), Spain (14)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of the United Kingdom (4)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Morocco (4), Spain (21), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 65 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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