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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
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 272.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis (81407 88264 88397 88403)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Phillipsia sumatrensis (type locality: 121984)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Slovenia Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis (109629)