Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
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 Psilostracus according to W. Zhang et al. 1980
Sister taxa: Psilostracus banpoyangensis, Psilostracus carinatus, Psilostracus changqingensis, Psilostracus impar, Psilostracus latus, Psilostracus mantoensis, Psilostracus maozhuangensis, Psilostracus xiaoyuhougouensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 16, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone/shale in the Maochuang Formation of China
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 16
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