Yaojiayuella zhangxiaensis Lu et al. 1988 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Full reference: Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, and J. L. Zhang. 1988. Trilobites of the Maochuang Formation and its age. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 24:331-366

Belongs to Yaojiayuella according to Y. H. Lu et al. 1988

Sister taxa: Yaojiayuella carinata, Yaojiayuella convexolimbata, Yaojiayuella diversa, Yaojiayuella granosa, Yaojiayuella jinnanensis, Yaojiayuella liaoningensis, Yaojiayuella ocellata, Yaojiayuella poshanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Mantou, Zhangxia, BW57, BW58, which is in a Taijangian marine limestone/shale in the Maochuang Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt. Mantou, Zhangxia, BW57, BW58

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