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Paraphillipsia

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

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Paraphillipsia
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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.12 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 taurica2 (synonymous with P. kussicum, P. anfensis, and P. netschaewi)4
  • Paraphillipsia vnweberi2
References

References

  1. "PROETIDA FACT SHEET". trilobites.info.
  2. "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.