Huaiaspis Li and Peng 2006 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Full reference: Q. Li and S. C. Peng. 2006. Huaiaspis, a new Cambrian trilobite genus from northern Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 45(4):540-548

Parent taxon: Ptychopariina according to Q. Li and S. C. Peng 2006

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

Subtaxa: Huaiaspis huainanensis

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Type: Huaiaspis huainanensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Laoyingshan, 40 (Cambrian of China)

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