Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Aprathia semicircularis
Full reference: B. A. Engel and N. Morris. 1996. Trilobites from the Lower Carboniferous of eastern Australia. Geologica et Palaeontologica 30:119-145
Belongs to Weania according to T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015
See also Engel and Morris 1996
Sister taxa: Weania goldringi, Weania insulana, Weania neso, Weania praecox
Type specimen: AMF27747/AMF28010 (external mould of dorsal shield/internal mould of counterpart). Its type locality is NU L1039. Glen William Road, 3km north of Clarence Town, which is in a Visean marine sandstone in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at NU L1039. Glen William Road, 3km north of Clarence Town
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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