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Pseudophillipsia mengshanensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia mengshanensis was named by Lin (1982). Its type specimen is HIT-6007, a cephalon/head (Cephalon and partial thoracic segments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mengshan, Shanggao County, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Pseudophillipsia mengshanensis Lin p. 327 figs. Pl 125, fig 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
speciesmengshanensis

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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