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Microphillipsia

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Microphillipsia was named by Ruggieri (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 624]. Its type is Microphillipsia tetraptera.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003).

Species
M. parvula, M. tetraptera (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Microphillipsia Ruggieri
2002Microphillipsia Sepkoski
2003Microphillipsia Owens p. 382

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

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. †Microphillipsia Ruggieri 1959
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Microphillipsia parvula Beyrich 1865
Microphillipsia tetraptera Ruggieri 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available