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Palaeophillipsia osmolskae

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Weberiphillipsia osmolskae was named by Engel and Morris (1983). Its type specimen is AMF 80293, a pygidium (external mould of pygidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Weberiphillipsia osmolskae Engel and Morris pp. 232 - 235 figs. 1B, 6, 7A–G
2015Palaeophillipsia osmolskae Vanderlaan and Ebach p. 39

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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
speciesosmolskae(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 osmolskae Engel and Morris 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015Cephalon semicircular; glabella nodose, weakly constricted medially, greatest height and width to the posterior; wide palpebral lobes elevated laterally; genal spines medium length. Pygidium with 14–15 axial rings, 11–12 pleural ribs; border wide, convex to flat with weakly impressed border furrow; ribs intersect border as elongate spinose ridges, extend to outer margin; axial rings nodose.
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Palaeophillipsia osmolskae (217048)