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Taxonomy
Phillipsia breviceps was named by Mitchell (1918). Its type specimen is AMF 28383, a cephalon/head (part external mould of cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Proetus (Pudoproetus) breviceps by Hahn and Hahn (1969); it was recombined as Conophillipsia brevicaudata by Osmólska (1970); it was recombined as Monodechenella breviceps by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
It was recombined as Proetus (Pudoproetus) breviceps by Hahn and Hahn (1969); it was recombined as Conophillipsia brevicaudata by Osmólska (1970); it was recombined as Monodechenella breviceps by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Phillipsia breviceps Mitchell p. 449 figs. pl. 46, figs. 11–12, pl. 51, figs. 2 |
| 1918 | Phillipsia dungogensis Mitchell p. 474 figs. pl. 47, figs. 6–7 |
| 1969 | Proetus (Pudoproetus) breviceps Hahn and Hahn p. 60 |
| 1970 | Conophillipsia brevicaudata Osmólska p. 26 figs. tab. 1 |
| 2015 | Monodechenella breviceps Vanderlaan and Ebach pp. 19 - 20 fig. 4.7–4.9 |
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†Monodechenella breviceps Mitchell 1918
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Invalid names: Monodechenella dungogensis Mitchell 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Visean or 358.90000 to 330.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian | Australia (New South Wales) | Conophillipsia brevicaudata (58018) | |
| Visean | Australia (New South Wales) | Monodechenella breviceps (217044) Phillipsia dungogensis (5603 62638) |