Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: R. Goldring. 1958. Lower Tournaisian trilobites in the Carboniferous Limestone Facies of the south-west province of Great Britain and of Belgium. Palaeontology 1(3):231-244
Belongs to Piltonia according to R. Goldring 1958
Sister taxa: Piltonia (Piltonia), Piltonia balor, Piltonia carlakertisae, Piltonia eurybathrea, Piltonia kuehnei
Type specimen: GS 86984, a pygidium. Its type locality is Bed marked by Chonetes cf. buchiana, right bank, Avon Gorge, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Palate Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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