Blackwelderia triangularis Chu 1959 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae

Full reference: C. L. Chu. 1959. Trilobites from the Kushan Formation of north and northeastern China. Memoirs of the Institute of Palaeontology Academia Sinica 2:44-128

Belongs to Blackwelderia according to C. L. Chu 1959

Sister taxa: Blackwelderia chiawangensis, Blackwelderia fortis, Blackwelderia liaoningensis, Blackwelderia mui, Blackwelderia nodosaria, Blackwelderia octaspina, Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia pingluensis, Blackwelderia shengi, Blackwelderia sinensis, Blackwelderia youshuica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mayao, which is in a Guzhangian marine horizon in the Kushan Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mayao

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