Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative spelling: Phillipsia (Griffithides)
Full reference: J. E. Portlock. 1843. Report on the Geology of the County of Londonderry and of parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh 1-784
Parent taxon: Griffithidinae according to G. Hahn et al. 2012
See also Brezinski 2007, Campbell and Engel 1963, Chamberlain 1977, Jell and Adrain 2002, Osmólska 1970, Sepkoski 2002 and Tilsley 1988
Sister taxa: Cyphinioides, Paragriffithides, Particeps, Parvidumus
Subtaxa: Griffithides (Griffithides) Griffithides (Particeps) Griffithides acanthiceps Griffithides ornatus Griffithides pustulosus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Ukraine (1 collection), United States (4: Alaska, California)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (3), Canada (2: Alberta), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (25: Alaska, Arizona, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada)
Total: 55 collections including 61 occurrences
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