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Pliomeridius

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomeridius was named by Leanza and Baldis (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Pliomeridius Leanza and Baldis
2002Pliomeridius Jell and Adrain p. 428
2002Pliomeridius 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
genusPliomeridiusLeanza and Baldis 1975

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. †Pliomeridius Leanza and Baldis 1975
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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: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Early/Lower Llanvirn or 486.40000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) P. lacunatus (10920 10922 10924) P. sulcatus (10935 10938) P. sulcatus, P. lacunatus (10923)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina P. sp. (8777 8878)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Bolivia (Avilés) P. sulcatus (9104)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina (Jujuy) P. sp. (8778) P. sulcatus (167379)