Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: G. Hahn, R. Hahn, and C. Brauckmann. 1987. Die Trilobiten des belgischen Kohlenkalkes (Unter-Karbon). 9. Piltonia und Nachträge. Geologica et Palaeontologica 21:137-167
Parent taxon: Phillipsiidae according to G. Hahn et al. 2013
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archegoninae, Bollandiinae, Cummingellinae, Cyrtosymbolinae, Ditomopyginae, Griffithidinae, Linguaphillipsiinae, Lugalella, Malchi, Osmolskia, Phillipsiinae, Thaiaspidinae, Weaniinae
Subtaxa: Rhenogriffides alborzensis Rhenogriffides dalmani
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection), Iran (1), Spain (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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