Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: B. A. Engel and L. N. Morris. 1989. Early Carboniferous trilobites (Weaniinae) of eastern Australia. Alcheringa 13(4):305-346

Parent taxon: Weaniinae according to D. K. Brezinski 2025

See also Engel and Morris 1989, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphiroaspis, Aprathia, Belgibole, Carbonocoryphe, Coombewoodia, Dechenelloides, Doublatia, Endops, Eowinterbergia, Evagena, Geigibole, Gitarra, Gracemerea, Hassiabole, Nipponaspis, Phillibolina, Pseudowaribole, Schizophillipsia, Spergenaspis, Weania, Winterbergia, Pseudocyrtosymbole

Subtaxa: Thalabaria plana

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Type: Cyrtoproetus planus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at NU L356. Glen William, south of Dungog (Carboniferous of Australia)

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