Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: G. Yin. 1983. Two new trilobites from late Early Carboniferous of Mahai, Longlin County, Guangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22:95-100
Parent taxon: Cummingellinae according to D. K. Brezinski 2025
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Mychko 2020 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australokaskia, Baliothyreus, Bedicella, Comptonaspis, Cummingella, Gapeevella, Humilogriffithides, Karginella, Kollarcephalus, Liobolina, Moschoglossis, Paraphillipsia, Parvidumus, Persiax, Planokaskia, Richterella, Timorcranium, Xiangzhongella, Zhegangula
Subtaxa: Mahaiella eleganta
Type: Mahaiella eleganta
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Mahai (Carboniferous of China)
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