Pliomerina prima Webby 1971 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Full reference: B. Webby. 1971. The trilobite Pliomerina Chugaeva from the Ordovician of New South Wales. Palaeontology 14(4):612-622

Belongs to Pliomerina according to B. Webby 1971

Sister taxa: Pliomerina austrina, Pliomerina rigida, Pliomerina serrata, Pliomerina trisulcata, Pliomeraspis martelli

Type specimen: SUP 23908, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Quandong area trilobites, which is in an Eastonian offshore shelf limestone in the Daylesford Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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