Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Full reference: W. Zhang, H. Lin, H. Wu and J. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobite fauna from the Zhongtiao Mountains, southern Shanxi. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 16:39-110
Belongs to Zhongtiaoshanaspis according to Zhang and Yuan 1980
Sister taxa: Zhongtiaoshanaspis minus, Zhongtiaoshanaspis rara, Zhongtiaoshanaspis similis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 22, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone/shale in the Hsuchuang Formation of China
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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