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Acanthophillipsia

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Acanthophillipsia Yuan et al. p. 40
2003Acanthophillipsia Owens p. 381
2015Acanthophillipsia Fortey and Heward p. 212

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

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.

G. †Acanthophillipsia Yuan et al. 1992
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Acanthophillipsia abnormis Yuan et al. 1992
Acanthophillipsia abrota Yuan et al. 1992
Acanthophillipsia densigranulata Kobayashi and Hamada 1984
Acanthophillipsia felicitae Fortey and Heward 2015
Acanthophillipsia granulosa Yuan et al. 1992
Acanthophillipsia guiyangensis Yuan et al. 1992
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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 279.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Oman A. felicitae (166923)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Japan Ditomopyge densigranulata (114488)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) A. guiyangensis, A. abrota, A. abnormis, A. granulosa (121538)