Wutingaspis planifrons Luo 1981 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Redlichiidae

Full reference: H. L. Luo. 1981. Trilobites from the Chiungchussu Formation (Lower Cambrian) in Meishucun of Jinning, Yunnan Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(4):331-340

Belongs to Wutingaspis according to H. L. Luo 1981

Sister taxa: Wutingaspis anningensis, Wutingaspis kunyangensis, Wutingaspis malungensis, Wutingaspis sichuanensis, Wutingaspis tingi, Wutingaspis zhangshanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Anning [Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)], which is in an Atdabanian marine mudstone in the Yuanshan Formation of China

Ecology: nektobenthic deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Anning [Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)]

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