Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Synonyms: Meitania (Promeitania) Yuan et al. 1997, Promeitania Yuan et al. 1997
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
Parent taxon: Meitania according to J. L. Yuan et al. 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Zhou and Zhen 2008
Sister taxa: Meitania similis, Meitania suni
Subtaxa: Parashuiyuella sinensis Parashuiyuella subcylindrica
Type: Parashuiyuella sinensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.