Lajishanaspis Chu et al. 1979 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Full reference: Z. Chu, H. Lin, and Z. Zhang. 1979. Trilobita. Palaeontological Atlas of Northwest China, Qinghai Province, volume 2 81-116

Parent taxon: Catillicephalidae according to H. Y. Zhu 1987

Sister taxa: Acheilops, Agelagma, Buttsia, Calculites, Catillicephala, Catillicephalina, Distazeris, Galeaspis, Madarocephalus, Onchonotellus, Onchonotininae, Onchonotus, Pemphigaspis, Peracheilus, Theodenisia, Theodensia, Triarthropsis, Tumidulaspis, Tuojiangella, Urbanaspis, Welleraspis, Yukonaspis

Subtaxa: Lajishanaspis subsphaericus

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Type: Lajishanaspis subsphaericus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xijiadian, Xugou Formation (Cambrian of China)

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