Jimachongia Yuan and Yin 1998 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Cedariidae

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: Cedariidae according to J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin 1998

Sister taxa: Bonneterrina, Carinamala, Cedaria, Cedarina, Henadoparia, Vernaculina

Subtaxa: Jimachongia lata

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Type: Jimachongia lata

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yangweizhou-Jimachong, Glyptagnostus stolidotus zone (Cambrian of China)

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