Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
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: Plethopeltidae according to J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin 1998
Sister taxa: Arapahoia, Exigua, Koldinia, Koldiniella, Kuljumbina, Leiocoryphe, Meniscocoryphe, Notaiella, Plethopeltides, Plethopeltis, Plethopeltoides, Pseudokoldinella, Samgonus, Semicyclocephalus, Stenopilus, Strotocephala, Tolstotchichaspis
Subtaxa: Poriplethopeltis sinensis
Type: Poriplethopeltis sinensis
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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