Acanthophillipsia abrota Yuan et al. 1992 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: J. L. Yuan, Y. L. Zhao, and J. Q. Mao. 1992. On a new genus Acanthophillipsia of Ditomopyginae Hupe, 1953 from Lower Permian of Guiyang, South China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 31:39-52

Belongs to Acanthophillipsia according to J. L. Yuan et al. 1992

Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia abnormis, Acanthophillipsia densigranulata, Acanthophillipsia felicitae, Acanthophillipsia granulosa, Acanthophillipsia guiyangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Guiyang Mineral Exploration Factory, Bed 7, Guiyang City, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Guiyang Mineral Exploration Factory, Bed 7, Guiyang City

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