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Pliomerina prima

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomerina prima was named by Webby (1971). Its type specimen is SUP 23908, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quandong area trilobites, which is in an Eastonian offshore shelf limestone in the Daylesford Limestone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. peripata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Pliomerina prima Webby p. 619 figs. Pl. 115, fig. 13

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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
genusPliomerinaChugaeva 1956
speciesprima

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.

†Pliomerina prima Webby 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available