Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: C. Teichert. 1944. Permian trilobites from Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 18:455-463
Belongs to Ditomopyge according to U. Flick and Y. Shiino 2021
See also Teichert 1944
Sister taxa: Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia), Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge whitei, Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Type specimen: UWA 21331, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Wandagee Hill, NE Gully, Fence Between Shed and Mungadan Paddocks, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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