Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Parent taxon: Phillipsiidae according to D. K. Brezinski 2000
See also Brezinski 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ameropiltonia, Archegoninae, Bollandiinae, Breviphillipsia, Cummingellinae, Cyrtosymbolinae, Cystispininae, Ditomopyginae, Exochops, Griffithidinae, Hesslerides, Kollarcephalus, Linguaphillipsia, Linguaphillipsiinae, Lugalella, Malchi, Nunnaspis, Osmolskia, Paladin, Phillipsia, Piltonia, Rhenogriffides, Spergenaspis, Thaiaspidinae, Thigriffides, Weaniinae, Weberides
Subtaxa: Griffithidella (Griffithidella) Griffithidella alternata Griffithidella caballeroensis Griffithidella doris Griffithidella welleri
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Japan (1 collection), United States (18: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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