Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Full reference: D. P. Legg. 1976. Ordovician trilobites and graptolites from the Canning Basin, western Australia. Geologica et Palaeontologica 10:1-58
Parent taxon: Pliomeridae according to Legg 1976
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, Pliomerella, Pliomeridius, Pliomerina, Pliomerinae, Protopliomerella, Protopliomerops, Pseudomera, Quinquecosta, Rossaspis
Subtaxa: Protoencrinurella maitlandi
Type: Protoencrinurella maitlandi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Australia (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Australia (9)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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