Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: C. Teichert. 1944. Permian trilobites from Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 18:455-463
Belongs to Ditomopyge according to U. Flick and Y. Shiino 2021
See also Teichert 1944
Sister taxa: Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia), Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge fatmii, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge whitei, Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Type specimen: UWA 21331, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Wandagee Hill, NE Gully, Fence Between Shed and Mungadan Paddocks, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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