Gedongaspis granulosa Yuan et al. 1997 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Alternative combination: Nangaoia (Gedongaspis) granulosa

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 Gedongaspis according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Yuan et al. 1997

Sister taxon: Gedongaspis oblonga

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balang, 10-3, which is in a Taijangian slope mudstone in the Kaili Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Balang, 10-3

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