Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: D. K. Brezinski. 1988. Trilobites of the Gilmore City Limestone (Mississippian) of Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):241-245
Parent taxon: Cummingellinae according to D. K. Brezinski 1988
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australokaskia, Bedicella, Comptonaspis, Cummingella, Gapeevella, Humilogriffithides, Karginella, Liobolina, Mahaiella, Moschoglossis, Paraphillipsia, Persia, Planokaskia, Richterella, Xiangzhongella, Zhegangula
Subtaxa: Perexigupyge chouteauensis Perexigupyge gerki Perexigupyge hodgesi Perexigupyge loganensis
Type: Perexigupyge hodgesi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections), United States (3: Iowa, Missouri)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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