Sinocoosella Yuan and Yin 1998 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Full reference: J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin. 1998. New polymerid trilobites from the Chefu Formation in early Late Cambrian of eastern Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 37(2):137-172

Parent taxon: Crepicephalidae according to J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin 1998

Sister taxa: Bagongshania, Coosia, Coosina, Coosinoides, Crepicephalina, Crepicephalus, Hsuchuangia, Idioura, Kasatchaspis, Sinocrepicephalus, Temnoura, Uncaspis, Zaozhuangaspis

Subtaxa: Sinocoosella typica

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Type: Sinocoosella typica

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yangweizhou-Jimachong, Glyptagnostus stolidotus zone (Cambrian of China)

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