Yankaoia Zhou et al. 1998 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Full reference: Z. Zhou, W. T. Dean, W. Yuan and T. Zhou. 1998. Ordovician trilobites from the Dawangou Formation, Kalpin, Xinjiang, north-west China. Palaeontology 41(4):693-735

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

Sister taxa: Calliops, Chasmopinae, Creatarginae, Eomonorachinae, Monorakinae, Pterygometopinae, Truncatometopus, Volkops

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Yankaoia in the database

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