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Paraphillipsia middlemissi

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia middlemissi was named by Diener (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chitichun No. 1 Block (1892 collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.

It was recombined as Ditomopyge middlemissi by Fantini Sestini (1965); it was recombined as Paraphillipsia middlemissi by Owens (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Phillipsia middlemissi Diener p. 3 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1965Ditomopyge middlemissi Fantini Sestini p. 146 figs. Pl 20, fig 13
2003Paraphillipsia middlemissi Owens p. 380

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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
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusParaphillipsia
speciesmiddlemissi()

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

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Capitanian or 293.52000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Pakistan Ditomopyge middlemissi (123044)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Phillipsia middlemissi (106722)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Phillipsia middlemissi (type locality: 89203 230327)