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Pliomerina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomerina was named by Chugaeva (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u O Cara-u]. Its type is Pliomera martelli.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Pliomeraspis martelli, P. austrina, P. prima, P. rigida, P. serrata, P. trisulcata
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. peripata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Pliomerina Chugaeva
1957Pliomeraspis Harrington p. 811
2002Pliomerina Jell and Adrain p. 428
2002Pliomerina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusPliomerinaChugaeva 1956

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.

G. †Pliomerina Chugaeva 1956
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†Pliomerina austrina Webby 1971
†Pliomerina prima Webby 1971
†Pliomerina rigida Kolobova 1972
†Pliomerina serrata Zhou and Zhou 2006
†Pliomerina trisulcata Edgecombe et al. 1999
Invalid names: Pliomeraspis Harrington 1957 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 07:55:29
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:55:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Onnian or 484.30000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2671)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2674)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Shangdong Provence) P. sp. (157287)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. (73382 73385)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2703 2704 2708 2715 2716 2717)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2691)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Argentina (San Juan) P. peripata (73379 73388)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (210632)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Kazakhstan P. sulcifrons (80177 80224)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3China P. rigida (187887) P. serrata (187886)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (Gansu) P. sp. (23592)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (GanSu) P. sp. (8565)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.2 - 449.0Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2685)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8539)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan P. sulcifrons (116472) P. unda (162027)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Jiangxi) P. tashanensis, P. sp. (210139)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2693) P. sulcatifrons (2686)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) P. australis (235984) P. austrina (235981) P. prima (2648 235980 235982) P. sp. (2645 2699 2707 2725 2729 2745 2751 236049)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (Tasmania) P. trisulcata (79238 147706 154049 154050 154051 154052)