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Palaeophillipsia altoculata

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Weberiphillipsia altoculata was named by Engel and Morris (1983). Its type specimen is AMF 80417, a cephalon/head (external mould of cephalon), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Palaeophillipsia altoculata by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Weberiphillipsia altoculata Engel and Morris p. 244–246 figs. 1F, 15, 16A–L.
2015Palaeophillipsia altoculata Vanderlaan and Ebach pp. 37 - 38

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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
subfamilyLinguaphillipsiinaeHahn and Hahn 1972
genusPalaeophillipsiaSugiyama and Okano 1944
speciesaltoculata(Engel and Morris 1983)

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.

Palaeophillipsia altoculata Engel and Morris 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015Cephalon parabolic; glabella long, nodose, gently expanded to maximum width posteriorly; greatest height anteriorly; palpebral lobes very large, steep, rising vertically to maximum height of cephalon, adjacent to large crescentic eyes; genal spines small, pointed. Pygidium with 13–14 axial rings, 7–9 pleural ribs; axial rings ornamented with large posteriorly inclined tubercles; ribs with two to four large tubercles; border wide with weak furrow; ribs extend onto border as low ridges, bearing a tubercle; outer border flat and smooth.
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Palaeophillipsia altoculata (217047 217075)