Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis) nitidus Duan 2004 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Full reference: Y. Duan. 2004. New polymerid trilobites and the first record of Erixanium from Upper Cambrian in western Hunan, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 43(1):63-71

Belongs to Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis) according to Y. Duan 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dama section, Fenghuang, bed 77, which is in a Furongian slope limestone in the Huaqiao Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dama section, Fenghuang, bed 77

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