Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: Y.-R. Liu. 1987. Anew trilobite genus from Lower Carboniferous of Xinshao, Hunan and its enrollment. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26:492-496

Parent taxon: Cummingellinae according to R. Lerosey-Aubril 2012

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Australokaskia, Bedicella, Comptonaspis, Cummingella, Gapeevella, Humilogriffithides, Karginella, Liobolina, Mahaiella, Moschoglossis, Paraphillipsia, Perexigupyge, Persia, Planokaskia, Richterella, Zhegangula

Subtaxa: Xiangzhongella xinshaoensis

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Type: Xiangzhongella xinshaoensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Xinshao (Carboniferous of China)

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