Sanwania prima Yuan et al. 1997 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

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 Sanwania according to J. L. Yuan et al. 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balang, 7, which is in a Duyunian slope shale/mudstone in the Kaili Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Balang, 7

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