Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Asaphus gemmulifera
Full reference: J. Phillips. 1836. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or, a description of the strata and organic remains; accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils 1-236
Belongs to Phillipsia according to H. Osmólska 1970
See also Phillips 1836
Sister taxa: Phillipsia aequalis, Phillipsia aliensis, Phillipsia belgica, Phillipsia bittneri, Phillipsia coronata, Phillipsia derbyensis, Phillipsia dubia, Phillipsia eichwaldi, Phillipsia kellyi, Phillipsia kojensis, Phillipsia mucronata, Phillipsia najensis, Phillipsia ornata, Phillipsia peroccidens, Phillipsia proetoides
Type specimen: BM 45012, a pygidium
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (4 collections), Ireland (3), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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