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Pliomerops canadensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Amphion canadensis was named by Billings (1859).

It was recombined as Pliomerops canadensis by Raymond (1925), Nikolaisen (1961) and Shaw (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pliomerops canadensis Raymond pp. 152 - 153
1961Pliomerops canadensis Nikolaisen
1968Pliomerops canadensis Shaw

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyPliomerinaeRaymond 1913
genusPliomeropsRaymond 1905
speciescanadensis(Billings 1859)

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.

†Pliomerops canadensis Billings 1859
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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: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 07:56:22
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:56:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Uhaku or 469.20000 to 458.00000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Pliomerops canadensis (42808 56184 171705 171711 171798 172224 172225 172226 172234 172236 172240 172297 172299 172307 172308 172316 172317 172319 172320 172321 172324 172327 172331 172348)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Pliomerops canadensis (111333 111352 111361 111362 111363 111428 111429 111431 111432 111455)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Pliomerops canadensis (103278 103286 103289 103293 103298)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Pliomerops canadensis (103005 103007 103011 103279 103280 103284 103301 103305 103309 103310 103316)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Oklahoma) Pliomerops canadensis (105614)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Pliomerops canadensis (80080)
Chazyan - Blackriveran470.0 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Pliomerops canadensis (23889)
Kunda - Uhaku469.2 - 458.0Norway (Oslo-Asker) Pliomerops canadensis (191119)