Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Anisopyge whitei
Full reference: R. K. Pabian and J. A. Fagerstrom. 1972. Late Paleozoic trilobites from southeastern Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 46(6):789-816
Belongs to Ditomopyge according to F. Sour-Tovar et al. 2016
See also Brezinski 1992, Pabian and Fagerstrom 1972 and Sour-Tovar et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Ditomopyge (Carniphillipsia), Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge fatmii, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge meridionalis, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Type specimen: UNSM 8092, an exoskeleton (Damaged, complete dorsal exoskeleton)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (2 collections), United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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