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Pliomerops ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4633451	https://www.gbif.org/species/4633451
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	21721	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21721

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : Pliomerops

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Phacopida	Salter 1864
suborder	Cheirurina	Harrington and Leanza 1957
family	Pliomeridae	Raymond 1913
subfamily	Pliomerinae	Raymond 1913
genus	Pliomerops	Raymond 1905

Scientific Name

Pliomerops Raymond, 1905

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (4) 19

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pliomerops	genus	belongs to Pliomerinae	stated without evidence	Phleger, 1933
Pliomerops	genus	belongs to Pliomerinae	stated with evidence	Nikolaisen, 1961
Pliomerops	genus	belongs to Phacopida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pliomerops	genus	belongs to Pliomeridae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 472 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Pliomeridae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).

Taphonomy

minor spines

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pliomerops bilirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pliomerops canadensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Pliomerops lacunatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pliomerops praematura ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Pliomerops trouti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1905	Pliomerops Raymond
1933	Pliomerops Phleger, Jr. p. 16
1961	Pliomerops Nikolaisen
2002	Pliomerops Jell and Adrain p. 428
2002	Pliomerops Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Phleger, Jr. F. B. (1933) Notes on certain Ordovician faunas of the Inyo Mountains, California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 32 1, 1-21

Nikolaisen F. (1961) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway 7. Trilobites of the suborder Cheirurina, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 41, 279-310

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Amer. J. Sci., (4) 19 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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