Paramapania Yang et al. 1993 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Mapaniidae

Full reference: J. Yang, S. Yu, G. Liu, N. Su, M. He, J. Shang, H. Zhang, H. Zhu, Y. Li and G. Yan. 1993. Cambrian stratigraphy, lithofacies, paleogeography and trilobite faunas of East Qinling-Dabashan Mountains, China 1-246

Parent taxon: Mapaniidae according to J. Yang et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Mapania, Mapanopsis, Metanomocarella, Pseudomapania, Quitacetra, Quitalia

Subtaxa: Paramapania qinlingensis

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Type: Paramapania qinlingensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiuzigou, bed 10c (Cambrian of China)

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