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Pliomera

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomera was named by Angelin (1845) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O m Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pliomeridae by Harrington and Leanza (1957) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Amphion matutina, Amphion reynaudii, P. fisheri, P. peripata, P. tmetophrys
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. jacuticus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Amphion Pander
1845Pliomera Angelin
1957Pliomera Harrington and Leanza
2002Pliomera Jell and Adrain p. 428
2002Pliomera Sepkoski

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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
genusPliomeraAngelin 1845

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. †Pliomera Angelin 1845
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†Pliomera fisheri Eichwald 1825
†Pliomera peripata Edgecombe et al. 1999
†Pliomera tmetophrys Harrington and Leanza 1957
Invalid names: Amphion Pander 1830 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Volkhov to the top of the Pusgillian or 471.10000 to 449.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 470.0 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina P. sp. (8719 8783)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Guizhou) P. sp. (7362)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Argentina (La Rioja) P. tmetophrys (116141 116142 116143 116145)
Valaste471.8 - 466.0Sweden P. fischeri (198045)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation P. fischeri (157103 157105)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Sweden P. fischeri (188210 188213 188214 188215 188219 188221 188222 188236 188271 188272 188275 188277 188280 188284 188287 188289 188299 188301)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) P. fischeri (235857)
Kunda - Aseri469.2 - 460.9Russian Federation (Kostroma oblast) P. fischeri (235820)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Norway P. sp. (3180)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) P. fischeri (194972) P. jacuticus, P. fischeri (186015)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) P. fischeri (206165 206166)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. (116105 116108)
Darriwilian - Sandbian467.3 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) P. fischeri (205582)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8533)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (Gansu) P. sp. (23585)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (GanSu) P. sp. (8570)