Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative spellings: Griffithidella (Thigriffides), Thigiffides
Parent taxon: Phillipsiidae according to D. K. Brezinski 2003
See also Brezinski 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kobayashi and Hamada 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ameropiltonia, Archegoninae, Bollandiinae, Breviphillipsia, Cummingellinae, Cyrtosymbolinae, Cystispininae, Ditomopyginae, Exochops, Griffithidella, Griffithidinae, Hesslerides, Kollarcephalus, Linguaphillipsia, Linguaphillipsiinae, Lugalella, Malchi, Nunnaspis, Osmolskia, Paladin, Phillipsia, Piltonia, Rhenogriffides, Spergenaspis, Thaiaspidinae, Weaniinae, Weberides
Subtaxa: Thigriffides alamogordoensis Thigriffides roundyi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Japan (1 collection), United States (9: Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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