Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Full reference: J. L. Yuan, Y. L. Zhao, Z. Z. Wang, Z. Zhen, and X. Y. Chen. 1997. A preliminary study on Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary and trilobite fauna at Balang, Taijiang, Guizhou, south China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 36(4):494-524
Belongs to Olenoides according to J. L. Yuan et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Olenoides abnormis, Olenoides brighamensis, Olenoides buttsi, Olenoides comptus, Olenoides curticei, Olenoides decorus, Olenoides evansi, Olenoides expansus, Olenoides hubeiensis, Olenoides maladensis, Olenoides nevadensis, Olenoides nitidus, Olenoides obrutchevi, Olenoides paraptus, Olenoides pennsylvanicus, Olenoides proa, Olenoides pugio, Olenoides serratus, Olenoides skabelundi, Olenoides spencei, Olenoides steptoensis, Olenoides tranans, Olenoides vali, Olenoides wahsatchensis, Neolenus inflatus, Neolenus superbus, Neolenus intermedius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Balang, 8D, which is in a Duyunian slope shale in the Kaili Formation of China
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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