Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: R. R. Hessler. 1965. Lower Mississippian trilobites of the family Proetidae in the United States. Part II. Journal of Paleontology 39:248-264
Parent taxon: Cummingellinae according to R. Lerosey-Aubril 2012
See also Fozy et al. 2013, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australokaskia, Bedicella, Comptonaspis, Cummingella, Gapeevella, Humilogriffithides, Karginella, Liobolina, Mahaiella, Moschoglossis, Paraphillipsia, Perexigupyge, Persia, Planokaskia, Xiangzhongella, Zhegangula
Subtaxa: Richterella hessleri
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Iowa, Missouri collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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