Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: D. K. Brezinski. 2000. Lower Mississippian trilobites from southern New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 74(6):1043-1064
Parent taxon: Phillipsiidae according to D. K. Brezinski 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Ameropiltonia, Archegoninae, Bollandiinae, Breviphillipsia, Cummingellinae, Cyrtosymbolinae, Cystispininae, Ditomopyginae, Exochops, Griffithidella, Griffithidinae, Kollarcephalus, Linguaphillipsia, Linguaphillipsiinae, Lugalella, Malchi, Nunnaspis, Osmolskia, Paladin, Phillipsia, Piltonia, Rhenogriffides, Spergenaspis, Thaiaspidinae, Thigriffides, Weaniinae, Weberides
Subtaxa: Hesslerides arcentensis Hesslerides bufo
Type: Phillipsia (Griffithides) bufo
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (30: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico collections)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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