Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to D. K. Brezinski 2025
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Acropyge, Ameura, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Carniphillipsia, Ditomopyge, Dudu, Hentigia, Iranaspidion, Jimbokranion, Kaskia, Kulmiella, Microphillipsia, Neokaskia, Novoameura, Paladin, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Thigriffides, Timoraspis, Triproetus, Vidria, Waideggula, Weberides, Witryides
Subtaxa: Delaria antiqua Delaria brevis Delaria chinatiensis Delaria granti Delaria sevilloidia Delaria snowi Delaria westexensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (55: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 55 collections including 77 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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