Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Full reference: S. Peng, N. C. Hughes, N. A. Heim, B. K. Sell, X. Zhu, P. M. Myrow, and S. K. Parcha. 2009. Cambrian Trilobites from the Parahio and Zanskar Valleys, Indian Himalaya. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 83(sp71):1-95
Belongs to Xingrenaspis according to S. Peng et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Xingrenaspis brevicus, Xingrenaspis curvus, Xingrenaspis hoboi, Xingrenaspis jialaoensis, Xingrenaspis quadratus, Xingrenaspis rectangularis, Xingrenaspis shyamalae, Xingrenaspis xingrenensis, Danzhaina denzhouensis, Danzhaina longispina, Pachyaspis (Danzhaina) lilia
Type specimen: Its type locality is Parahio, Hayden section - PO18, which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone in the Parahio Formation of India
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of India (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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