Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Full reference: W. Zhang, H. Lin, H. Wu and J. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobite fauna from the Zhongtiao Mountains, southern Shanxi. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 16:39-110
Belongs to Dorypyge according to W. Zhang et al. 1980
Sister taxa: Dorypyge bisulcata, Dorypyge globosa, Dorypyge huaqiaoensis, Dorypyge kunshanensis, Dorypyge lakei, Dorypyge perconvexalis, Dorypyge pergranosa, Dorypyge qinlingensis, Dorypyge richthofeni, Dorypyge richthofeniformis, Dorypyge swasii, Dorypyge tetraspina
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, lower bed 38, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone/marl in the Zhangxia Formation of China
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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