Probowmania quadrata Yuan and Li 1999 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Full reference: J. L. Yuan and Y. Li. 1999. Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary and trilobite fauna at Laoyingshan, Huainan, Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 38(4):407-422

Belongs to Probowmania according to J. L. Yuan and Y. Li 1999

Sister taxa: Probowmania balangensis, Probowmania bhatti, Probowmania divergens, Probowmania huainanensis, Probowmania similis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Laoyingshan, 29, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone in the Laoyingshan Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Laoyingshan, 29

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