Pliomeridius

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Pliomeridius
Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Middle Ordovician
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Pliomeridae
Genus: Pliomeridius
Leanza & Baldis, 1975

Pliomeridius is an extinct genus of trilobite in the family Pliomeridae. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Pliomeridius". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. "The Paleobiology Database, genus Pliomeridius" . Retrieved 2020-01-25.