Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Anisopyge mckeei
Full reference: J. L. Cisne. 1971. Paleoecology of trilobites of the Kaibab limestone (Permian) in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):525-533
Belongs to Novoameura according to D.K. Brezinski 1991
See also Cisne 1971
Sister taxon: Novoameura vitrumons
Type specimen: MNA G2.2366, a pygidium (internal mold). Its type locality is Bottomless Pits (locality 12A), which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal carbonate in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (8: Arizona, New Mexico collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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