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Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) kiriuensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) kiriuensis was named by Kobayashi and Hamada (1984). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kiriu, Gunma Prefecture, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Nabeyama Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) kiriuensis Kobayashi and Hamada p. 2 figs. Fig 1.1a,b

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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
subgenusPseudophillipsiaGemmellaro 1890
specieskiriuensis

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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan Pseudophillipsia kiriuensis (type locality: 110421 133240)