Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Full reference: N. E. B. McAdams and J. M. Adrain. 2009. New pliomerid trilobite genus Lemureops from the Lower Ordovician (Ibexian; Tulean, Blackhillsian) of western Utah, USA. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 37:491-540
Parent taxon: Pliomeridae according to N. E. B. McAdams and J. M. Adrain 2009
Sister taxa: Anapliomera, Benedettia, Colobinion, Cybelopsinae, Encrinurella, Evropeites, Gogoella, Guizhoupliomerops, Hammatocneminae, Hintzeia, Ibexaspis, Josephulus, Leiostrototropis, Liexiaspis, Obliteraspis, Parapliomera, Perissopliomera, Placoparia, Pliomera, Pliomerella, Pliomeridius, Pliomerina, Pliomerinae, Protoencrinurella, Protopliomerella, Protopliomerops, Pseudomera, Quinquecosta, Rossaspis
Subtaxa: Lemureops kilbeyi Lemureops koppesi Lemureops lemurei Lemureops ploogi Lemureops willsonpiperi
Type: Lemureops kilbeyi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (24: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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