Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Synonyms: Eocyphinium (Metaphillipsia) Reed 1943, Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) Reed 1943, Metaphillipsia Reed 1943
Parent taxon: Griffithides according to C. K. Chamberlain 1977
See also Hahn and Hahn 1990, Jell and Adrain 2002, Osmólska 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Tilsley and Owens 2003 and Vanderlaan and Ebach 2015
Sister taxa: Griffithides (Griffithides), Griffithides (Particeps), Griffithides acanthiceps, Griffithides ornatus, Griffithides pustulosus
Subtaxa: Eocyphinium seminiferum
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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