Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: Y. Y. Qian. 1977. Upper Permian trilobites from Qinglong and Anshun of Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 16:279-286
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to R. Lerosey-Aubril 2012
See also Owens 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Ameura, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Carniphillipsia, Delaria, Ditomopyge, Dudu, Hentigia, Iranaspidion, Jimbokranion, Kaskia, Kulmiella, Microphillipsia, Neokaskia, Novoameura, Paladin, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Thigriffides, Timoraspis, Triproetus, Vidria, Waideggula, Weberides, Witryides
Subtaxa: Acropyge brevica Acropyge encrinuroides Acropyge multisegmenta Acropyge weggeni
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), China (2), Iran (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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