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Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia) chongqingensis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis was named by Lu (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wenxing Town, Changxing Fm, Beipei County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia) chongqingensis by Mychko (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis Lu p. 299 figs. Pl 166, figs 27, 28
1981Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis Qian p. 336 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,6
2025Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia) chongqingensis Mychko p. 44

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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
genusDitomopyge()
subgenusCarniphillipsia
specieschongqingensis()

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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Xizang) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (116444)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Chongqing) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (98068)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (94969 94970 type locality: 98066 148539)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (36221)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (117481 117483)