Paraphillipsia

Paraphillipsia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Proetida
Family: †Phillipsiidae
Subfamily: †Cummingellinae
Genus: †Paraphillipsia
Toumansky, 1935

Paraphillipsia is a genus of proetid trilobites in the family Phillipsiidae.[1][2] It is notable for being one of the last trilobites to go extinct during the Permian–Triassic extinction event.[3]

Species

  • Paraphillipsia aglypta
  • Paraphillipsia inflata
  • Paraphillipsia karpinskyi
  • Paraphillipsia levigata
  • Paraphillipsia midlemissi
  • Paraphillipsia pahara
  • Paraphillipsia taurica[2] (synonymous with P. kussicum, P. anfensis, and P. netschaewi)[4]
  • Paraphillipsia vnweberi[2]

References

  1. ↑ "PROETIDA FACT SHEET". trilobites.info.
  2. 1 2 3 "Paraphillipsia". Mindat.org.
  3. ↑ "The Last Trilobites". trilobites.info.
  4. ↑ Mychko, E. V. (2012). "Revision of trilobites of the genus Paraphillipsia Tumanskaya from the Permian Olistoliths of Crimea". Paleontol. J. 46 (6): 575–582. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46..575M. doi:10.1134/S003103011206007X.
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