Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
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
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin 1998
Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Aphelaspidinae, Beigongia, Bromella, Cilia, Dikelocephalites, Flabellocephalus, Housia, Housiinae, Jubileia, Labiostrella, Lunacephalus, Luotuolingia, Metachangshania, Morosa, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis, Camaraspis
Subtaxa: Plesiocilia minuta
Type: Plesiocilia minuta
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yangweizhou-Jimachong, Glyptagnostus stolidotus zone (Cambrian of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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