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Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia sumatrensis was named by Roemer (1880). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Padang Highlands, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate limestone in the Silungkang Formation of Indonesia.

It was recombined as Griffithides sumatrensis by Fliegel (1901); it was recombined as Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis by Hahn et al. (1970) and Termier et al. (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Phillipsia sumatrensis Roemer p. 10 figs. Pl 3, fig 7
1901Griffithides sumatrensis Fliegel p. 121
1970Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis Hahn et al. p. 323 figs. Pl 1, figs 1, 2; text-fig 7
1974Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis Termier et al. p. 142 figs. Pl 35, figs 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusPseudophillipsia
speciessumatrensis()

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
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