Plesioconvexa Lieberman 1993 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calmoniidae

Full reference: B. S. Lieberman. 1993. Systematics and biogeography of the “Metacryphaeus group” Calmoniidae (Trilobita, Devonian), with comments on adaptive radiations and the geological history of the Malvinokaffric Realm. Journal of Paleontology 67(4):549-570

Parent taxon: Calmoniidae according to B. S. Lieberman 1993

Sister taxa: Anchiopella, Andinacaste, Australoacaste, Australops, Bouleia, Calmonia, Chiarumanipyge, Clarkeaspis, Colombianaspis, Cryphaeoides, Deltacephalaspis, Eldredgeia, Hadrorachus, Jujuyops, Kozlowskiaspis, Malvinella, Malvinocooperella, Metacryphaeus, Oosthuizenella, Palpebrops, Parabouleia, Paracalmonia, Pennaia, Phacopina, Plesiomalvinella, Probolops, Punillaspis, Renniella, Schizostylus, Tarijactinoides, Tibagya, Typhloniscus, Vogesina, Wolfartaspis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plesioconvexa in the database

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