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Phillipsinella

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsinella was named by Novak (1885). Its type is Phacops parabola.

It was assigned to Phillipsinellidae by Owen and Bruton (1980); to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. parabola, P. preclara
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. langtouensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Phillipsinella Novak
1980Phillipsinella Owen and Bruton
2002Phillipsinella Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Phillipsinella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusPhillipsinellaNovak 1885

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.

G. †Phillipsinella Novak 1885
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†Phillipsinella parabola Stormer 1953
†Phillipsinella preclara Bruton 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 21:53:30
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:53:30
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Uhaku to the top of the Hirnantian or 459.70000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Sweden P. sp. (2930)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Sweden (Dalarne) P. sp. (169285)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway P. sp. (2948)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (3372)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Sweden P. sp. (2941)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (Guizhou) P. sp. (182199 182200)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden (Vestergotland) P. parabola (76078 76080)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0China (ShanXi) P. sp. (7885)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangXi) P. sp. (7749)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Norway P. preclara (162532 163187)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (JiangSu) P. langtouensis (192794)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway P. preclara (162533)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway P. preclara (162634)
Harju450.5 - 443.1Sweden P. sp. (378 379)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) P. parabola (151985) P. sp. (151988)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Portugal P. sp. (20956)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia P. parabola (3875 3879 238013) P. sp. (3876)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Hubei) P. sp. (4689)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Spain (Aragon) P. sp. (80768)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) P. parabola (24455)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (3666 3670 3671 3676)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (3675 81274)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Belgium P. sp. (185319)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Poland P. sp. (2760)