Remopleurides xiazhenensis Lee 2013 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Full reference: D.-C. Lee. 2013. Late Ordovician Trilobites from the Xiazhen Formation in Zhuzhai, Jiangxi Province, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(4):855-882

Belongs to Remopleurides according to D.-C. Lee 2013

Sister taxa: Remopleurides (Hastiremopleurides), Remopleurides acer, Remopleurides affluens, Remopleurides angularis, Remopleurides arenosus, Remopleurides asperulus, Remopleurides bertilloni, Remopleurides biaculeatus, Remopleurides broeggeri, Remopleurides caelatus, Remopleurides canadensis, Remopleurides caphyroides, Remopleurides colbii, Remopleurides darlecarlicus, Remopleurides deani, Remopleurides emarginatus, Remopleurides epimera, Remopleurides exallos, Remopleurides eximius, Remopleurides granensis, Remopleurides inusitatus, Remopleurides kullsbergensis, Remopleurides laevigatus, Remopleurides latifrons, Remopleurides latus, Remopleurides ligulus, Remopleurides lunnerensis, Remopleurides minimus, Remopleurides missouriensis, Remopleurides nikolaiseni, Remopleurides occidens, Remopleurides panderi, Remopleurides pattersoni, Remopleurides paucus, Remopleurides perspicax, Remopleurides pilulus, Remopleurides plaesiourus, Remopleurides rugicostatus, Remopleurides saenuros, Remopleurides simulus, Remopleurides striatus, Remopleurides variolaris

Type specimen: NIGP−151979, a skeleton (articulated specimen). Its type locality is Locality 5. 800 m south of Zhuzhai, which is in a Katian reef, buildup or bioherm bafflestone/bindstone in the Xiazhen Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.