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Phillipsia eichwaldi

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus eichwaldi was named by Fischer (1825). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kachkabache Mountain, near Artinsk, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Phillipsia eichwaldi by de Verneuil (1845).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Asaphus eichwaldi Fischer
1845Phillipsia eichwaldi de Verneuil p. 377 figs. Pl 27, fig 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusPhillipsia
specieseichwaldi(Fischer 1825)

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.

Phillipsia eichwaldi Fischer 1825
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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: base of the Kunda to the top of the Asbian or 469.10000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) Asaphus eichwaldi (235857)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Phillipsia eichwaldi (5995)