Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Synonyms: Bolivicrania Kobayashi and Hamada 1986, Cyphinium
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1931. New Schizophoriidae and a trilobite from the Kansas Pennsylvanian. Journal of Paleontology 5:260-269
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to U. Flick and Y. Shiino 2021
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Kobayashi and Hamada 1986, Mychko and Alekseev 2018, Newell 1931, Owens 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Acropyge, Ameura, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Delaria, Dudu, Hentigia, Iranaspidion, Jimbokranion, Kaskia, Kulmiella, Microphillipsia, Novoameura, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Timoraspis, Vidria, Waideggula, Witryides
Subtaxa: 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 Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Type: Phillipsia (Griffithides) scitulus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (4 collections), Armenia (1), Australia (9), Bolivia (3), Canada (3: British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (3), Iran (6), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (4), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (8: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Belize (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut), Iran (1), Italy (1), Slovenia (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (2), United States (79: Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
Total: 141 collections including 149 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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