Pliomerina serrata Zhou and Zhou 2006 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Full reference: Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou. 2006. Late Ordovician trilobites from the Zhusilenghaierhan area, Ejin Banner, western Inner Mongolia, China. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 32:383-411

Belongs to Pliomerina according to Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou 2006

Sister taxa: Pliomerina rigida, Pliomerina trisulcata, Pliomeraspis martelli

Type specimen: NIGP 140425, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Zs6a, which is in a Gisbornian marine limestone/sandstone in the Badainjaran Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zs6a

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