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Pliomerina serrata

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomerina serrata was named by Zhou and Zhou (2006). Its type specimen is NIGP 140425, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zs6a, which is in a Gisbornian marine limestone/sandstone in the Badainjaran Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Pliomerina serrata Zhou and Zhou p. 391 figs. Fig. 4A

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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
genusPliomerinaChugaeva 1956
speciesserrata

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.

Pliomerina serrata Zhou and Zhou 2006
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
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 07:55:29
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:55:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Gisbornian or 458.40000 to 452.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7China Pliomerina serrata (type locality: 187886)