Protaitzehoia nitida Yuan and Yin 2001 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae

Full reference: J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin. 2001. On taxonomic position of Late Cambrian Protaitzehoia Yang (Trilobita). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 40(3):343-350

Belongs to Protaitzehoia according to J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin 2001

Sister taxa: Protaitzehoia granifera, Protaitzehoia latelimbata, Protaitzehoia quadrata, Protaitzehoia spinifera, Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Protaitzehoia yuepingensis

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: found only at Yangweizhou-Jimachong, Blackwelderia zone

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