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Pliomeroides blatchfordi

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Pliomeroides blatchfordi was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71189, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is section RM 10, 215 m, Emanuel Creek, Canning Basin, which is in an Arenig marine horizon in the Emanuel Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. primigenus
Entered
by M. Hopkins on 2024-09-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Pliomeroides blatchfordi Legg p. 19 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusPliomeroides
speciesblatchfordi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available