Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: J. M. Weller. 1936. Carboniferous trilobite genera. Journal of Paleontology 10(8):704-714
Parent taxon: Phillipsiidae according to D. K. Brezinski 2008
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ameropiltonia, Archegoninae, Bollandiinae, Breviphillipsia, Cummingellinae, Cyrtosymbolinae, Cystispininae, Ditomopyginae, Exochops, Griffithidella, Griffithidinae, Hesslerides, Kollarcephalus, Linguaphillipsia, Linguaphillipsiinae, Lugalella, Malchi, Nunnaspis, Osmolskia, Phillipsia, Piltonia, Rhenogriffides, Spergenaspis, Thaiaspidinae, Thigriffides, Weaniinae, Weberides
Subtaxa: Paladin bairdensis Paladin bakewellensis Paladin derbiensis Paladin eichwaldi shunnerensis Paladin helmsensis Paladin iwaizakiensis Paladin maillieuxi Paladin morrowensis Paladin mucronatus Paladin opisthops Paladin veeravurusi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Namurian of Belgium (1)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (4), France (1), Germany (2), Spain (3), Thailand (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (95: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 115 collections including 116 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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