Paraphillipsia

{{Short description|Genus of trilobite}}

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Paraphillipsia is a genus of proetid trilobite in the family Phillipsiidae.{{cite web |title=PROETIDA FACT SHEET |url=https://trilobites.info/ordproetida.htm |website=trilobites.info}}{{cite web |title=Paraphillipsia |url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4637547.html |website=Mindat.org}} It is notable for being one of the last trilobites to go extinct during the Permian–Triassic extinction event.{{cite web |title=The Last Trilobites |url=https://trilobites.info/lasttrilos.htm |website=trilobites.info}}

Species

  • P. aglypta
  • P. inflata
  • P. karpinskyi
  • P. levigata
  • P. midlemissi
  • P. pahara
  • P. taurica (synonymous with P. kussicum, P. anfensis, and P. netschaewi){{cite journal |last1=Mychko |first1=E. V. |title=Revision of trilobites of the genus Paraphillipsia Tumanskaya from the Permian Olistoliths of Crimea. |journal=Paleontol. J. |date=2012 |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=575–582 |doi=10.1134/S003103011206007X|bibcode=2012PalJ...46..575M }}
  • P. vnweberi

References