†family Luaspididae Zhang and Yuan 1981 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Luaspididae

Full reference: W. T. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1981. Trilobites from the Hsuchuang Formation (lower Middle Cambrian) in western marginal parts of the North China Platform. Geological Society of America Special Paper 187:161-175

Parent taxon: Ptychopariina according to W. T. Zhang and J. L. Yuan 1981

Sister taxa: Conocoryphacea, Guizhoucephalina, Huaiaspis, Leiostegiacea, Paraantagmus, Ptychopariacea, Ptychoparioidea, Tonopahella, Yuknessaspis

Subtaxa: Luaspides

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Gangdeershan, NZ 2a (Cambrian of China)

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