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Pseudophilipsia sp.

Pseudophilipsia sp. is of the order Proetida. Location: Russia; Age: Early Permian. The proetids appeared during the Ordivician period and were the only surviving trilobites following a mass extinction event at the end of the Devonian period. They finally disappeared during a mass extinction event at the end of the Permian period. In this specimen, the free cheeks on the left and right are separated from the cephalon.

2025/11/27 Updated