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, Placoparia, Pliomera, Pliomeridius, Pliomerina, Pliomerinae, Protoencrinurella, Protopliomerella, Protopliomerops, Pseudomera, Rossaspis
Subtaxa: Pliomerella americana
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (7 collections), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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