Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Parent taxon: Pliomerinae according to F. Nikolaisen 1961
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Phleger 1933 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Pliomerops bilirata Pliomerops canadensis Pliomerops lacunatus Pliomerops praematura Pliomerops trouti
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (10: Quebec collections), Norway (1), United States (22: Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont)
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Quebec), United States (27: New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (1), France (1), Sweden (3)
• Ordovician of China (1), France (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), United States (10: Nevada, Utah)
Total: 88 collections each including a single occurrence
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