Proceratopyge zhejiangensis Lu and Lin 1989 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Full reference: Y. H. Lu and H. L. Lin. 1989. The Cambrian trilobites of western Zhejiang. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 25:1-287

Belongs to Proceratopyge according to Y. H. Lu and H. L. Lin 1989

Sister taxa: Proceratopyge (Lopnorites), Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge), Proceratopyge canadensis, Proceratopyge conifrons, Proceratopyge distensa, Proceratopyge fenghwangensis, Proceratopyge fuyangensis, Proceratopyge incondita, Proceratopyge longa, Proceratopyge mirabilis, Proceratopyge nathorsti, Proceratopyge promisca, Proceratopyge protracta, Proceratopyge rectispinata, Proceratopyge tenuita, Proceratopyge truncatus, Proceratopyge waergangensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiyangshan, bed 1 (Cambrian of China)

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