Phillipsia belgica Osmólska 1970 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Alternative combination: Phillipsia ornata belgica

Full reference: H. Osmólska. 1970. Revision of non-cyrtosymbolinid trilobites from the Tournasian-Namurian of Eurasia. Palaeontologia Polonica 23:1-165

Belongs to Phillipsia according to J. C. Lamsdell and P. A. Selden 2015

See also Osmólska 1970

Sister taxa: Phillipsia aequalis, Phillipsia aliensis, Phillipsia bittneri, Phillipsia coronata, Phillipsia derbyensis, Phillipsia dubia, Phillipsia gemmulifera, Phillipsia kellyi, Phillipsia kojensis, Phillipsia mucronata, Phillipsia najensis, Phillipsia ornata, Phillipsia peroccidens, Phillipsia proetoides

Type specimen: IRB No18.741/100.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Carrière do Clypot, Neufville-lez-Soignies, (Carboniferous of Belgium)

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