Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: D. K. Brezinski. 2000. Lower Mississippian trilobites from southern New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 74(6):1043-1064
Belongs to Griffithidella according to D. K. Brezinski 2000
Sister taxa: Griffithidella (Griffithidella), Griffithidella alternata, Griffithidella doris, Griffithidella welleri
Type specimen: CM 45983. Its type locality is Indian Wells Canyon, Alamogordo, Caballero Formation, Otero, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore shelf wackestone in the Caballero Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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