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Pseudophillipsia lipara

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia lipara was named by Goldring (1957). Its type specimen is SMF X 1992, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haushi, Top of Section, which is in a Wordian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Khuff Formation of Oman.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pseudophillipsia lipara Goldring p. 202 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; text-figs 1,2

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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
specieslipara

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.

Pseudophillipsia lipara Goldring 1957
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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 Sakmarian to the top of the Wordian or 293.52000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Oman Pseudophillipsia lipara (108994)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman Pseudophillipsia lipara (type locality: 108995 108996)