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Protopliomerops quattuor

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Protopliomerops quattuor was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26388-9, 26391-3 (AMNH). Questionably assigned to genus by author.]. Its type specimen is 26390 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-20, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. hamaxitus, P. lindneri, P. punctatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protopliomerops quattuor Hintze p. 209 figs. Pl. 21, figs. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusProtopliomeropsKobayashi 1934
speciesquattuor

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Protopliomerops quattuor Hintze 1953
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Diagnosis
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