Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: J. Arellano. 1983. Trilobites del Permico inferior de Bolivia. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Etudes Andines 12:91-102
Belongs to Ditomopyge according to J. Arellano 1983
Sister taxa: Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge meridionalis, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge whitei, Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yaurichambi (Bolivian-Japanese collection), which is in an Asselian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Yaurichambi (Bolivian-Japanese collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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