Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: R. Lerosey-Aubril. 2012. The late Palaeozoic trilobites of Iran and Armenia and their palaeogeographical significance. Geological Magazine 149(6):1023-1045
Belongs to Pseudophillipsia according to R. Lerosey-Aubril 2012
Sister taxa: Pseudophillipsia (Nodiphillipsia), Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia), Pseudophillipsia acuminata, Pseudophillipsia anshunensis, Pseudophillipsia armenica, Pseudophillipsia azzouzi, Pseudophillipsia borissiaki, Pseudophillipsia caucasica, Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis, Pseudophillipsia elegans, Pseudophillipsia gemmellaroi, Pseudophillipsia heshanensis, Pseudophillipsia huishuiensis, Pseudophillipsia hungarica, Pseudophillipsia kuzuensis, Pseudophillipsia lipara, Pseudophillipsia mengshanensis, Pseudophillipsia mustafensis, Pseudophillipsia obtusicauda, Pseudophillipsia oehlerti, Pseudophillipsia pyriformis, Pseudophillipsia qinglongensis, Pseudophillipsia rakoveci, Pseudophillipsia reggorcakaensis, Pseudophillipsia semicircularis, Pseudophillipsia shanggaoensis, Pseudophillipsia solida, Pseudophillipsia sosiensis, Pseudophillipsia steatopyga, Pseudophillipsia subcircularis, Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis, Pseudophillipsia tongluensis, Pseudophillipsia triangulata, Pseudophillipsia wuweiensis
Type specimen: SMF 90686, a pygidium. Its type locality is Dena Mountain, northwest of Yasouj, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate wackestone in the Dalan Formation of Iran.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Dena Mountain, northwest of Yasouj
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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