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Breviphillipsia semiteretis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Breviphillipsia semiteretis was named by Hessler (1963) [= Phillipsia sp. Hessler, 1962b, pl. 176, figs. 5, 8]. Its type specimen is USNM 143112, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lake Valley, which is in an Osagean deep subtidal shelf wackestone in the Lake Valley Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Breviphillipsia semiteretis Hessler pp. 557 - 558 figs. Pl. 62, figs. 2-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusBreviphillipsiaHessler 1963
speciessemiteretis

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.

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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: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 358.90000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Breviphillipsia semiteretis (7390)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) Breviphillipsia semiteretis (64755 64758 type locality: 229264)