Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Parent taxon: Phillipsiidae according to D. K. Brezinski 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Archegoninae, Bollandiinae, Breviphillipsia, Cummingellinae, Cyrtosymbolinae, Cystispininae, Ditomopyginae, Exochops, Griffithidella, Griffithidinae, Hesslerides, Kollarcephalus, Linguaphillipsia, Linguaphillipsiinae, Lugalella, Malchi, Nunnaspis, Osmolskia, Paladin, Phillipsia, Piltonia, Rhenogriffides, Spergenaspis, Thaiaspidinae, Thigriffides, Weaniinae, Weberides
Subtaxa: Ameropiltonia lauradanae Ameropiltonia perplexa
Type: Ameropiltonia lauradanae
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Missouri, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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