Townleyella rara Yuan and Yin 1998 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Full reference: J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin. 1998. New polymerid trilobites from the Chefu Formation in early Late Cambrian of eastern Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 37(2):137-172

Belongs to Townleyella according to J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin 1998

Sister taxon: Townleyella similis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yangweizhou-Jimachong, Blackwelderia zone, which is in a Guzhangian slope limestone in the Chefu Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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