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Pseudophillipsia anshunensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia anshunensis was named by Qian (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 39867 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 16 (AJ-35,34,33), Anshun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Pseudophillipsia anshunensis Qian p. 282 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-5
1978Pseudophillipsia anshunensis Yin p. 441 figs. Pl 141, figs 7,8

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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
speciesanshunensis

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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Pseudophillipsia anshunensis (type locality: 111995)