Zaozhuangaspis Lin 1984 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Full reference: T. R. Lin. 1984. A new genus of Middle Cambrian trilobite from Zaozhuang, Shandong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(6):738-741

Parent taxon: Crepicephalidae according to T. R. Lin 1984

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bagongshania, Coosia, Coosina, Coosinoides, Crepicephalina, Crepicephalus, Hsuchuangia, Idioura, Kasatchaspis, Sinocoosella, Sinocrepicephalus, Temnoura, Uncaspis

Subtaxa: Zaozhuangaspis pertenus Zaozhuangaspis shandongensis Zaozhuangaspis similis Zaozhuangaspis trapezoidalis

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Type: Zaozhuangaspis shandongensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zaozhuang (Cambrian of China)

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