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Phillipsia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Proetacea
Family:
Phillipsiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Phillipsia Portlock, 1843 [emend. J. M. WELLER, 1936]
Type Species:
P. Kellii (?=*Asaphus gemmuliterus Phillips, 1836), SD VOGDES, 1890
Images
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Fig. 305, 3. P. gemmulifera (Phillips), L.Carb., Eng., exoskel. (reconstr.), x3.5 (498).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am, Eu
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Miss.
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Glabella parallel-sided or slightly tapering forward, ending at anterior border furrow, Pygidium slightly wider than long, with axis uniformly arched transversely without sharply demarked border
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Proetacea
Family:
Phillipsiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Phillipsia Portlock, 1843 [emend. J. M. WELLER, 1936]
Type Species:
P. Kellii (?=*Asaphus gemmuliterus Phillips, 1836), SD VOGDES, 1890
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 305, 3. P. gemmulifera (Phillips), L.Carb., Eng., exoskel. (reconstr.), x3.5 (498).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am, Eu
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Miss.
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Glabella parallel-sided or slightly tapering forward, ending at anterior border furrow, Pygidium slightly wider than long, with axis uniformly arched transversely without sharply demarked border