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Elliptophillipsia

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Elliptophillipsia was named by Hessler (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant. Its type is Proetus ellipticus.

It was assigned to Cyrtosymbolinae by Osmólska (1970); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Elliptophillipsia Hessler pp. 543-563
1970Elliptophillipsia Osmólska p. 13
2002Elliptophillipsia Jell and Adrain p. 370
2002Elliptophillipsia Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusElliptophillipsiaHessler 1963

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. †Elliptophillipsia Hessler 1963
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Elliptophillipsia ellipticus Meek and Worthen 1865
Elliptophillipsia rotundus Brezinski 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available