Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combinations: Bolivicrania yampupatensis, Paladin yampupatensis
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 R. M. Owens 2003
See also Arellano 1983 and Kobayashi and Hamada 1986
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 scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge whitei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sampaya Section, Yampupata, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bolivia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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