Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: M. Basse and U. Lemke. 2020. Class Trilobita in the Wocklum Limestone of the northern Rhenish Massif east of the Rhine (late Famennian, Late Devonian) – Part 1. Phillipsiidae and Proetidae. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 298(2):203-233
Belongs to Balvibole according to M. Basse and U. Lemke 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMF 97170, a cephalon/head (cranidium & calcified exoskeleton). Its type locality is Oberrödinghausen 3. Way to the Borg hill, which is in a Famennian marine limestone in the Dasberger Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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