Dorypyge huaqiaoensis Peng et al. 2004 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Full reference: S. Peng, L. E. Babcock, and H. Lin. 2004. Corynexochida, Lichida and Asaphida. Polymerid trilobites from the Cambrian of northwestern Hunan, China, Volume 1 1-333

Belongs to Dorypyge according to S. Peng et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Dorypyge bisulcata, Dorypyge globosa, Dorypyge kunshanensis, Dorypyge lakei, Dorypyge perconvexalis, Dorypyge pergranosa, Dorypyge qinlingensis, Dorypyge richthofeni, Dorypyge richthofeniformis, Dorypyge shanxiensis, Dorypyge swasii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Paibi section, bed 11, which is in a Taijangian slope limestone/packstone in the Huaqiao Formation of China

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Paibi section, bed 11

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