Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Synonym: Amphion Pander 1830 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Pliomeridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Raymond 1905 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapliomera, Benedettia, Colobinion, Cybelopsinae, Encrinurella, Evropeites, Gogoella, Guizhoupliomerops, Hammatocneminae, Hintzeia, Ibexaspis, Josephulus, Leiostrototropis, Lemureops, Liexiaspis, Obliteraspis, Parapliomera, Perissopliomera, Placoparia, Pliomerella, Pliomeridius, Pliomerina, Pliomerinae, Protoencrinurella, Protopliomerella, Protopliomerops, Pseudomera, Rossaspis
Subtaxa: Amphion matutina Amphion reynaudii Pliomera fisheri Pliomera peripata Pliomera tmetophrys
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Valaste of Sweden (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (6), China (3), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (18)
Total: 39 collections including 40 occurrences
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