Monodechenella grandis Etheridge Jr. 1892 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative combinations: Conophillipsia grandis, Linguaphillipsia grandis, Phillipsia grandis

Synonyms: Conophillipsia woodwardi Jack and Etheridge 1892, Cyrtoproetus sweeti Etheridge 1892, Griffithides sweeti Etheridge 1892, Monodechenella sweeti Etheridge 1892, Monodechenella woodwardi Jack and Etheridge 1892, Phillipsia robusta Mitchell 1918 [objective synonym], Phillipsia woodwardi Jack and Etheridge 1892

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1892. A monograph of the Carboniferous and Permo-Carboniferous invertebrata of New South Wales, Part II. Echinodermata, Annelida and Crustacea. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 5:65-131

Belongs to Monodechenella according to T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015

See also Campbell and Engel 1963, Etheridge 1892 and Osmólska 1970

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at L22. Swain's Gully. 3.6 km north and 3.2 km west of Somerton (Carboniferous of Australia)

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