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Palaeophillipsia robertsi

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Weberiphillipsia robertsi was named by Engel and Morris (1983). Its type specimen is AMF 80320, a cephalon/head (external moulds of thorax and pygidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Palaeophillipsia robertsi by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Weberiphillipsia robertsi Engel and Morris pp. 235 - 238 figs. 1C, 8, 9, 10A–H
2015Palaeophillipsia robertsi Vanderlaan and Ebach pp. 39 - 40

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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
subfamilyLinguaphillipsiinaeHahn and Hahn 1972
genusPalaeophillipsiaSugiyama and Okano 1944
speciesrobertsi(Engel and Morris 1983)

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.

Palaeophillipsia robertsi Engel and Morris 1983
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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: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Palaeophillipsia robertsi (217052)