Shanghaiaspis latilimbatus Xu and Ju 1987 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

Full reference: B. T. Xu and T. Y. Ju. 1987. Discovery of Early Cambrian trilobites from Shanghai and its stratigraphic significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26(1):103-109

Belongs to Shanghaiaspis according to B. T. Xu and T. Y. Ju 1987

Sister taxa: Shanghaiaspis decipiens, Shanghaiaspis usualis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baoshan, which is in a Duyunian marine horizon in the "Chaoshan" Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Baoshan

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