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Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) sagittalis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Iranaspidion sagittalis was named by Kobayashi and Hamada (1978). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hambast Valley section MK, horizon K63, Abadeh, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Surmaq Formation of Iran.

It was recombined as Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) sagittalis by Lerosey-Aubril (2012) and Ameri et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Iranaspidion sagittalis Kobayashi and Hamada p. 158 figs. 1-4
1984Iranaspidion sagittalis Kobayashi and Hamada p. 68 figs. Pl 14, figs 3,4; text-fig 5k
2012Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) sagittalis Lerosey-Aubril figs. 4k, n
2015Iranaspidion sagittalis Fortey and Heward p. 207
2017Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) sagittalis Ameri et al. p. 331 figs. Pl 2, figs a-l; pl 3, figs g,h,j-l

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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
subgenusCarniphillipsia()
speciessagittalis()

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 (Carniphillipsia) sagittalis Kobayashi and Hamada 1978
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Iranaspidion sagittalis (type locality: 112944)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Isfahan) Pseudophillipsia sagittalis (188757)