†Piltonia Goldring 1955 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Parent taxon: Phillipsiinae according to D. K. Brezinski 2025
See also Brezinski 2017, Hahn et al. 1996, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ameropiltonia, Breviphillipsia, Elliptophillipsia, Eocyphinium, Erdbachaspis, Phillipsia
Subtaxa: Piltonia (Piltonia) Piltonia balor Piltonia carlakertisae Piltonia douglassi Piltonia eurybathrea Piltonia fryi Piltonia kuehnei Piltonia sandoi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (5 collections), Czechia (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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