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Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis

Trilobita - 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.

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

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

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Xizang) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (116444)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Chongqing) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (98068)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (36221)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (94969 94970 type locality: 98066 148539)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Pseudophillipsia chongqingensis (117481 117483)