Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1984. Permian trilobites of Japan in comparison with Asian, Pacific and other faunas. Paleontological Society of Japan Special papers 26:1-92

Belongs to Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) according to T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada 1984

Sister taxa: Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) akasakensis, Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) catena, Pseudophillipsia (Pseudophillipsia) kiriuensis

Type specimen: PAt 16707. Its type locality is Yamasuge, Kuzuu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Nabeyama Formation of Japan.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Yamasuge, Kuzuu Town, Tochigi Prefecture

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