Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: G. Ruggieri. 1959. Una nuova trilobite del Permiano del Sosio (Sicilia). Memorie degli Istituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell' Universita di Padova 21:1-10
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to R. M. Owens 2003
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Acropyge, Ameura, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Delaria, Ditomopyge, Dudu, Hentigia, Iranaspidion, Jimbokranion, Kaskia, Kulmiella, Novoameura, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Timoraspis, Vidria, Waideggula, Witryides
Subtaxa: Microphillipsia parvula Microphillipsia tetraptera
Type: Microphillipsia tetraptera
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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