Pseudoprotolenella xinjiangensis Zhu and Lin 1983 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Full reference: Z. L. Zhu and H. L. Lin. 1983. Some Early Cambrian trilobites from the Xidashan Formation of Kuruktag, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(1):21-30

Belongs to Pseudoprotolenella according to Z. L. Zhu and H. L. Lin 1983

Sister taxon: Pseudoprotolenella subcylindrica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kuruktag Mountains, 77KXH40, which is in a Nangaoian carbonate limestone in the Xidashan Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Kuruktag Mountains, 77KXH40

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