Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Full reference: J. M. Weller. 1936. Carboniferous trilobite genera. Journal of Paleontology 10(8):704-714
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to R. M. Owens 2003
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Acropyge, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Delaria, Ditomopyge, Dudu, Hentigia, Iranaspidion, Jimbokranion, Kaskia, Kulmiella, Microphillipsia, Novoameura, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Timoraspis, Vidria, Waideggula, Witryides
Subtaxa: Ameura missouriensis Ameura trigonopyge
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3)
• Carboniferous of United States (27: Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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