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Protopliomerops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Protopliomerops was named by Kobayashi (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,80]. 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
P. quattuor, P. radiatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. hamaxitus, P. lindneri, P. punctatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Protopliomerops Kobayashi
1957Protopliomerops Harrington and Leanza
2002Protopliomerops Jell and Adrain p. 432
2002Protopliomerops 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
genusProtopliomeropsKobayashi 1934

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. †Protopliomerops Kobayashi 1934
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†Protopliomerops quattuor Hintze 1953
†Protopliomerops radiatus Kobayashi 1955
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 Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan) P. sp. (7703)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Sweden P. primigenius (3107 3108)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) P. radiatus (10910 10914)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina P. sp. (9010 9011)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (La Rioja) P. sp. (116139)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) P. sp. (115666)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) P. sp. 5 (104110)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) P. hamaxitus (165773) P. hamaxitus, P. punctatus (165772)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) P. lindneri (165725)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) P. sp. (104084 104091 104097 104107 104135 104147 105781) P. sp. 4 (104082) P. sp. 6 (104100) P. sp., P. quattuor (104101)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Montana) P. sp. (287)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (9286)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) P. quattuor (69261 105779) P. sp. (103889) P. sp. 4 (104119 104127) P. sp. 4, P. quattuor (105780)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) P. radiatus (111537)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104552)