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Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) kuzuensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) kuzuensis was named by Kobayashi and Hamada (1984). Its type specimen is PAt 16707 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yamasuge, Kuzuu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Nabeyama Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) kuzuensis Kobayashi and Hamada p. 54 figs. Pl 6, figs 7,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusPseudophillipsia
subgenusPseudophillipsiaGemmellaro 1890
specieskuzuensis

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 (Pseudophillipsia) kuzuensis Kobayashi and Hamada 1984
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan Pseudophillipsia sp. (type locality: 90233)