†Paraphillipsia taurica Tumanskaya 1935 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Paraphillipsia tauricum
Synonyms: Paraphillipsia kussicum Tumanskaya 1935, Paraphillipsia netschaewi Tumanskaya 1935
Full reference: O. G. Tumanskaya. 1935. The Permo-Carboniferous trilobites of the Crimea. The Permo-Carboniferous Beds of the Crimea 2:1-63
Belongs to Paraphillipsia according to E. V. Mychko 2012
See also Hahn et al. 1970 and Tumanskaya 1935
Sister taxa: Paraphillipsia aglypta, Paraphillipsia baltensis, Paraphillipsia inflata, Paraphillipsia karpinskyi, Paraphillipsia levigata, Paraphillipsia middlemissi, Paraphillipsia vnweberi
Type specimens:
- Paraphillipsia taurica: TsNIGR 9733/64, a cephalon/head (glabella). Its type locality is Kichkhi-Burnu Block, Marta River, Crimea (Tumanskaya coll), which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Marta Formation of Ukraine.
- Paraphillipsia kussicum: Its type locality is Kichkhi-Burnu Block, Marta River, Crimea (Tumanskaya coll), which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Marta Formation of Ukraine.
- Paraphillipsia netschaewi: Its type locality is Kichkhi-Burnu Block, Marta River, Crimea (Tumanskaya coll), which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Marta Formation of Ukraine.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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