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Elliptophillipsia rotundus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Elliptophillipsia rotundus was named by Brezinski (2000). Its type specimen is CM 45118 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Easley, Boone County, Chouteau Group, Compton Limestone, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore shelf lime mudstone/wackestone in the Compton Limestone Formation of Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Elliptophillipsia rotundus Brezinski pp. 140 - 141 figs. 2F-J

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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
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusElliptophillipsiaHessler 1963
speciesrotundus

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.

Elliptophillipsia rotundus Brezinski 2000
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kinderhookian or 360.70000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (Missouri) Elliptophillipsia rotundus (type locality: 64792)