Parablackwelderia luensis Peng et al. 2008 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Full reference: S. C. Peng, X. F. Yang, and N. C. Hughes. 2008. The oldest known stalk-eyed trilobite, Parablackwelderia Kobayashi, 1942 (Damesellinae, Cambrian), and its occurence in Shandong, China. Journal of Paleontology 82(4):842-850

Belongs to Parablackwelderia according to S. C. Peng et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Parablackwelderia huabeiensis, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Parablackwelderia laterilobata, Parablackwelderia sheridanorum, Parablackwelderia yangi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Panchegou, which is in a Guzhangian marine shale/limestone in the Kushan Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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