Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
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: Lonchocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Amiaspis, Bolaspidellus, Calymenidius, Caulaspina, Caulaspis, Durinia, Glaphyraspis, Hawkinsaspis, Interalia, Kuraspis, Kuraspoides, Lonchocephalus, Monosulcatina, Neograciella, Nordia, Olegaspis, Pseudotalbotina, Quebecaspis, Raashellina, Talbotina, Terranovella, Trymataspis, Weeksina
Subtaxa: Neoglaphyraspis nitida Neoglaphyraspis trapezoidalis
Type: Neoglaphyraspis nitida
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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