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Pliomerella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomerella was named by Reed (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. It is not extant.

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

Species
P. americana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Pliomerella Reed
2002Pliomerella Jell and Adrain p. 428
2002Pliomerella 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
genusPliomerellaReed 1941

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. †Pliomerella Reed 1941
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†Pliomerella americana Cooper 1953
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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Costonian or 458.40000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) P. craigensis (182194 182195 182196)
Costonian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Scotland) P. girvanensis (76076)
Aurelucian458.4 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sp. (181539)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0USA (Virginia) P. sp. (178247)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) P. serotina (208129) P. sp. (208124)