Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative spelling: Paladin (Kaskia)
Full reference: J. M. Weller. 1936. Carboniferous trilobite genera. Journal of Paleontology 10(8):704-714
Parent taxon: Ditomopyginae according to E. V. Mychko and A. S. Alekseev 2018
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1954
Sister taxa: Acanthophillipsia, Acropyge, Ameura, Ampulliglabella, Anisopyge, Delaria, Ditomopyge, Dudu, Hentigia, Iranaspidion, Jimbokranion, Kulmiella, Microphillipsia, Novoameura, Permoproetus, Pseudophillipsia, Sevillia, Simulopaladin, Timoraspis, Vidria, Waideggula, Witryides
Subtaxa: Kaskia chesterensis Kaskia nosoniensis Paladin (Kaskia) longlinensis Paladin (Kaskia) rarus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: California collection)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Slovenia (3), United States (17: Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, Texas)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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