Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Parent taxon: Phillipsiidae according to D. K. Brezinski 2025
See also Fortey and Heward 2015, Hahn et al. 1985, Mychko 2025 and Owens 2003
Sister taxa: Archegoninae, Bollandiinae, Cummingellinae, Cyrtosymbolinae, Griffithidinae, Linguaphillipsiinae, Malchi, Osmolskia, Phillipsiinae, Rhenogriffides, Thaiaspidinae, Weaniinae
Subtaxa: Acanthophillipsia Acropyge Ameura Ampulliglabella Anisopyge Carniphillipsia Delaria Ditomopyge Dudu Hentigia Iranaspidion Jimbokranion Kaskia Kulmiella Microphillipsia Neokaskia Novoameura Paladin Permoproetus Pseudophillipsia Sevillia Simulopaladin Thigriffides Timoraspis Triproetus Vidria Waideggula Weberides Witryides
Type: Ditomopyge
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (8 collections), Armenia (2), Australia (9), Azerbaijan (1), Bolivia (3), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (47), Guatemala (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (11), Italy (5), Japan (20), Laos (1), Malaysia (4), Mexico (2), Oman (8), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (6), Slovenia (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Thailand (6), Tunisia (2), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (3), United States (117: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)
• Namurian of Belgium (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Belize (1)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (6), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (1), Germany (3), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Slovenia (6), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (3), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (230: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 548 collections including 691 occurrences