Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1978. Two new late upper Permian trilobites from central Iran. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B 54(4):157-162
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to D. K. Brezinski 2025
See also Fortey and Heward 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002, Lerosey-Aubril 2012, Owens 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Acropyge, Ameura, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Carniphillipsia, Delaria, Ditomopyge, Dudu, Hentigia, Jimbokranion, Kaskia, Kulmiella, Microphillipsia, Neokaskia, Novoameura, Paladin, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Thigriffides, Timoraspis, Triproetus, Vidria, Waideggula, Weberides, Witryides
Subtaxa: Iranaspidion elephas
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Oman (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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