†Chencunia tripleura Qiu 1984 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichakephalidae
Full reference: H. Qiu. 1984. Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian Tangcun Formation in Jingxian, southern Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(3):329-341
Belongs to Chencunia according to Qiu 1983
Sister taxa: Archikainella vomerinus, Metaacidaspis beigongensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jingxian, unit 5, which is in a Niuchehean marine limestone/shale in the Tangcun Formation of China
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of China (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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