| Phillipsiidae Temporal range: Lower Mississippian–Upper Permian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Proetida |
| Family: | Phillipsiidae Oehlert, 1886 |
The Phillipsiidae comprise the last of the trilobites, with a range that extended from the Lower Mississippian (Kinderhookian), to the Upper Permian (Guadalupian).
The Phillipsiidae are sometimes defined as a subfamily, the Phillipsiinae, within the Proetidae. Jell & Adrain (2003) went so far as to lump the Phillipsiidae into the Proetidae, however other workers since like Lerosey-Aubril and Feist (2005) have continued to recognize the Phillipsiidae as a distinct and separate family within the trilbite order Proetida.
The following genera are included: