Wentsuia iota Shergold 1980 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Changshaniidae

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 Wentsuia according to J. H. Shergold 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPC 15311, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Horse Creek K215, 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 (21 collections)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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