Pliomera peripata Edgecombe et al. 1999 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Full reference: G. D. Edgecombe, B. D. E. Chatterton, B. G. Waisfield and N. E. Vaccari. 1999. Ordovician pliomerid and prosopiscid trilobites from Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1144-1154

Belongs to Pliomera according to G. D. Edgecombe et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Pliomera fisheri, Pliomera tmetophrys, Amphion reynaudii, Amphion matutina

Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 14945, a pygidium

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pliomera peripata in the database

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