Trilobita - Redlichiida - Yinitidae

Full reference: W. T. Zhang, Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, Y. Y. Qian, H. L. Lin, Z. Zhou, S. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian trilobite faunas of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 16:1-497

Parent taxon: Yinitidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Drepanopyge, Drepanuroides, Hongjunshaoia, Longduia, Meitanella, Paokannia, Parapaokannia, Pseudopaokannia, Qingkouia, Yinites, Yunnanaspidella, Yunnanaspis

Subtaxa: Parayinites spinosus

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Type: Parayinites spinosus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Yuqing (Cambrian of China)

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