Parajialaopsis Zhang et al. 1980 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Inouyiidae

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

Parent taxon: Inouyiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

Sister taxa: Catinouyia, Huainania, Inouyia, Jiulongshania, Parainouyia, Pseudinouyia

Subtaxa: Parajialaopsis globus

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Type: Parajialaopsis globus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 22 (Cambrian of China)

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