Heliomeroides
{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Trilobita
| ordo = Phacopida
| familia = Cheiruridae
| genus = Heliomeroides
| genus_authority = Evitt, 1951
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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Heliomeroides is a trilobite in the order Phacopida (family Cheiruridae), that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now the United States. It was described by Evitt in 1951, and the type species is Heliomeroides teres. The type locality was the Lincolnshire Formation in Virginia.[http://www.trilobites.info/generic_names_Jell%26Adrain2003.pdf Available Generic Names for Trilobites] P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
Species
- Heliomeroides alacer Whittington, 1963
- Heliomeroides evitti Baldis & Pothe, 1995
- Heliomeroides freschaufae Chatterton, 1980
- Heliomeroides raymondi (Bradley, 1930) - Originally assigned to Heliomera, and later moved to its current genus by Evitt in 1951.
- Heliomeroides teres Evitt, 1951 - Type species.
- Heliomeroides treta Evitt, 1951
References
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21597 Heliomeroides] at the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 1951
Category:Ordovician trilobites
Category:Extinct animals of the United States
Category:Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
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