Phillipsia gemmulifera Phillips 1836 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - 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 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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