Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Ditomopyge densigranulata
Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1984. Permian trilobites of Japan in comparison with Asian, Pacific and other faunas. Paleontological Society of Japan Special papers 26:1-92
Belongs to Acanthophillipsia according to R. M. Owens 2003
See also Kobayashi and Hamada 1984
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia abnormis, Acanthophillipsia abrota, Acanthophillipsia felicitae, Acanthophillipsia granulosa, Acanthophillipsia guiyangensis
Type specimen: PAt 16696. Its type locality is Omote-Matsukawa, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Shigejizawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Omote-Matsukawa quarry, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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