†Proasaphiscina taosigouensis Zhang and Yuan 1981 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Full reference: W. T. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1981. Trilobites from the Hsuchuang Formation (lower Middle Cambrian) in western marginal parts of the North China Platform. Geological Society of America Special Paper 187:161-175
Belongs to Proasaphiscina according to W. T. Zhang and J. L. Yuan 1981
Sister taxa: Proasaphiscina mantoushanensis, Proasaphiscina monanensis, Proasaphiscina quadrata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Helanshan, NH55, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone in the Hsuchuang Formation of China
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Helanshan, NH55
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