Taishania bassifrons Dean 2006 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Full reference: W. T. Dean. 2006. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites of the Samur Dag area, south of Hakkari, southeastern Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 15:225-257

Belongs to Taishania according to W. T. Dean 2006

Sister taxon: Taishania platyfrons

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yayla Tepe, Yo.157, which is in a Taoyuanian marine shale/sandstone in the Seydisehir Formation of Turkey

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yayla Tepe, Yo.157

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