Parabolinella contracta Lu and Zhou 1981 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Synonym: Parabolinella sayramensis Xiang and Zhang 1984

Belongs to Parabolinella according to Lu and Zhou 1981

See also Rushton 1988

Sister taxa: Parabolinella argentinensis, Parabolinella bolbifrons, Parabolinella clarisae, Parabolinella coelatifrons, Parabolinella hecuba, Parabolinella hunanensis, Parabolinella jiangnanensis, Parabolinella lata, Parabolinella limitis, Parabolinella pompadouris, Parabolinella prolata, Parabolinella triarthra, Parabolinella triarthroides, Parabolinella tumifrons, Parabolinella variabilis

Type specimens:

  • Parabolinella contracta: Its type locality is Hangwula Mountain, west of Nei, which is in a Niuchehean marine shale in the Hangwula Formation of Mongolia
  • Parabolinella sayramensis:

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Mongolia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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