Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Full reference: H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication 1:1-276
Parent taxon: Pilekiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anacheirurus, Chashania, Courtessolium, Demeterops, Emsurina, Eocheirurus, Koraipsis, Landyia, Macrogrammus, Metapilekia, Metapliomerops, Parapilekia, Pilekia, Pseudopliomera, Seisonia, Sinoparapilekia, Sinoparapilekiini, Tesselacauda, Tienshihfuia, Victorispina, Yinaspis
Subtaxa: Pliomeroides blatchfordi Pliomeroides deferrariisi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Australia (3), Norway (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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