Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Parent taxon: Cummingellinae according to R. Lerosey-Aubril 2012
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Van Viersen et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Australokaskia, Bedicella, Comptonaspis, Gapeevella, Humilogriffithides, Karginella, Liobolina, Mahaiella, Moschoglossis, Paraphillipsia, Perexigupyge, Persia, Planokaskia, Richterella, Xiangzhongella, Zhegangula
Subtaxa: Cummingella (Cummingella) Cummingella boikoi Cummingella jonesi Cummingella laticaudata
Type: Phillipsia jonesi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections), Slovenia (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (9), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (6), Japan (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 33 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.