Blackwelderia youshuica Peng et al. 2004 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Full reference: S. Peng, L. E. Babcock, and H. Lin. 2004. Corynexochida, Lichida and Asaphida. Polymerid trilobites from the Cambrian of northwestern Hunan, China, Volume 1 1-333

Belongs to Blackwelderia according to S. Peng et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Blackwelderia chiawangensis, Blackwelderia fortis, Blackwelderia liaoningensis, Blackwelderia mui, Blackwelderia nodosaria, Blackwelderia octaspina, Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia pingluensis, Blackwelderia shengi, Blackwelderia sinensis, Blackwelderia triangularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wangcun section, 132.5m, which is in a Guzhangian slope grainstone/packstone in the Huaqiao Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wangcun section, 132.5m

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