Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative spellings: Griffithidella (Thigriffides), Thigiffides
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to D. K. Brezinski 2025
See also Brezinski 1998, Brezinski 2003, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kobayashi and Hamada 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Acropyge, Ameura, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Carniphillipsia, Delaria, Ditomopyge, Dudu, Hentigia, Iranaspidion, Jimbokranion, Kaskia, Kulmiella, Microphillipsia, Neokaskia, Novoameura, Paladin, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Timoraspis, Triproetus, Vidria, Waideggula, Weberides, Witryides
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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