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Phillipsia dubia

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Griffithides dubius was named by Etheridge (1872).

It was recombined as Phillipsia dubia by Etheridge (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Griffithides dubius Etheridge p. 338 figs. Pl 18, fig 7
1892Phillipsia dubia Etheridge Jr. p. 126 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-4; pl 22, figs 12, 13

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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
genusPhillipsia
speciesdubia(Etheridge 1872)

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.

Phillipsia dubia Etheridge 1872
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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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available