Tropidopyge hunanensis Peng 1992 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Full reference: S. Peng. 1992. Upper Cambrian biostratigraphy and trilobite faunas of the Cili-Taoyuan area, northwestern Hunan, China. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 13:1-119

Belongs to Tropidopyge according to S. Peng 1992

Sister taxa: Tropidopyge broeggeri, Tropidopyge laevis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shenjiawan, unit 16, 32, which is in a Taoyuanian slope limestone in the Huaqiao Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Taoyuanian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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