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Pseudophillipsia tongluensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia tongluensis was named by Ju (1982). Its type specimen is XI-1040, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tonglu, Dingjiashan Formation, which is in a Guadalupian marine siliciclastic in the Dingjiashan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Pseudophillipsia tongluensis Ju p. 327 figs. Pl 125, figs 3-4

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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
speciestongluensis

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

Age range: Guadalupian or 273.01000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Pseudophillipsia tongluensis (type locality: 102107)