Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: R. Lerosey-Aubril and L. Angiolini. 2009. Permian trilobites from Antalya Province, Turkey, and enrollment in late Palaeozoic trilobites. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 18:427-448
Belongs to Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) according to R. Lerosey-Aubril and L. Angiolini 2009
Sister taxa: Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) caruancensis, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) cooperationis, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) dizluensis, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) intermedia, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) loricata, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) ogivalis, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) paffenholzi, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) rotunda, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) sagittalis, Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) savensis
Type specimen: MPUM 9734, an exoskeleton (complete enrolled trilobite). Its type locality is Kemer Gorge, Taurus Mountains, which is in a Wordian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Pamucak Formation of Turkey.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Kemer Gorge, Taurus Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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