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Pseudophillipsia steatopyga

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia steatopyga was named by Goldring (1957). Its type specimen is SMF X 1994, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Lusaba, which is in a Wordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Khuff Formation of Oman.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pseudophillipsia steatopyga Goldring p. 208 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,6

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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
speciessteatopyga

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 steatopyga Goldring 1957
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

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 - 264.28Oman Pseudophillipsia steatopyga (type locality: 108996)