Taishania platyfrons Shergold 1980 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida

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 Taishania according to J. H. Shergold 1980

Sister taxon: Taishania bassifrons

Type specimen: CPC 12875, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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