Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combinations: Ditomopyge scitulis, Phillipsia scitula
Synonyms: Ditomopyge lansingensis Newell 1931, Ditomopyge parvula Girty 1911, Ditomopyge parvulus Girty 1911, Griffithides olsoni Williams 1933, Griffithides parvulus Girty 1911
Belongs to Ditomopyge according to R. K. Pabian and J. A. Fagerstrom 1972
See also Girty 1911 and Petty 1975
Sister taxa: Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia), Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge fatmii, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge meridionalis, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge whitei, Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Virgilian of United States (2: Illinois collections)
• Desmoinesian of United States (24: Ohio, Oklahoma)
• Atokan of United States (6: Ohio)
• Carboniferous of Italy (1), United States (19: Nebraska, Ohio, Texas)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
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