Coronocephalus changningensis Zhang 1974 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Belongs to Coronocephalus according to Zhang 1974

See also Ă–zdikmen 2009

Sister taxa: Coronocephalus kobayashii, Coronocephalus rongxiensis, Coronocephalus tenuisulcatus

Type specimen: IGP 21663, a skeleton (cranidium, hypostoma, free cheek, pygidium). Its type locality is ACC 262, 265. Beside road from Shuanghe to Longtou, Shuanghe., which is in a Telychian marine shale/mudstone in the Xiushan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at ACC 262, 265. Beside road from Shuanghe to Longtou, Shuanghe.

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