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Pseudophillipsia elegans

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia elegans was named by Gemmellaro (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Pseudophillipsia elegans Gemmellaro p. 14 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-4
1959Pseudophillipsia elegans Ruggieri p. 4
1970Pseudophillipsia elegans Hahn et al. p. 319 figs. Pl 1, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusPseudophillipsia
specieselegans

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pseudophillipsia elegans Gemmellaro 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pseudophillipsia elegans (type locality: 108673)