Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Phillipsia missouriensis
Synonyms: Phillipsia major Shumard 1858, Phillipsia nodocostatus Hare 1891, Phillipsia sangamonensis Meek and Worthen 1865, Proetus longicaudus Hall 1861
Full reference: B. F. Shumard and G.C. Swallow. 1858. Descriptions of new fossils from the Coal Measures of Missouri and Kansas. Academy of Science of St. Louis Transactions 1:198-227
Belongs to Ameura according to R. K. Pabian and J. A. Fagerstrom 1972
See also Sayre 1930 and Shumard and Swallow 1858
Sister taxon: Ameura trigonopyge
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (28: Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio collections)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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