†Wuhuia silex Shergold 1980 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Full reference: J. H. Shergold. 1980. Late Cambrian trilobites from the Chatsworth Limestone, western Queensland. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 186:1-108
Belongs to Wuhuia according to J. H. Shergold 1980
Sister taxa: Wuhuia angustatus, Wuhuia longa
Type specimen: CPC 15289, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Lily Creek Section K204, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (5 collections), China (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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