Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
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 Honanaspis according to W. Zhang et al. 1980
Sister taxa: Honanaspis angustigenatus, Honanaspis microps, Proasaphiscus (Honanaspis) honanensis, Proasaphiscus (Honanaspis) lui, Proasaphiscus (Honanaspis) parvus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 31, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone/shale in the Hsuchuang Formation of China
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 31
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