Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: U. Flick and Y. Shiino. 2021. A new trilobite fauna from the Middle Permian of the Kitakami Mountains/Northeast Japan . Palaeontographica Abteilung A 320(4–6):87-135
Belongs to Ditomopyge according to U. Flick and Y. Shiino 2021
Sister taxa: Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia), Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge fatmii, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge meridionalis, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge whitei, Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Type specimen: Koizumi 556, TMS, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is KF212, Matashirosawa Valley, Shigejisawa Valley, Kamiyasse, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wordian offshore shelf shale in the Hoso-o Formation of Japan.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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