Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Full reference: H. J. Harrington. 1957. Notes on new genera of Pliomeridae (Trilobita). Journal of Paleontology 31(4):811-812
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, Pliomerella, Pliomeridius, Pliomerina, Pliomerinae, Protoencrinurella, Protopliomerella, Protopliomerops, Pseudomera
Subtaxa: Rossaspis leboni Rossaspis rossi Rossaspis superciliosa
Type: Protopliomerops superciliosa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (5 collections), United States (9: Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (17), Bolivia (1)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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