Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Full reference: L. Xiang and T. Zhang. 1984. Tremadocian trilobites from western part of northern Tianshan, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(4):399-410
Belongs to Shumardia according to L. Xiang and T. Zhang 1984
Sister taxa: Shumardia (Conophrys), Shumardia (Shumardia), Shumardia acuticaudata, Shumardia alata, Shumardia ctenata, Shumardia erquensis, Shumardia exopthalmus, Shumardia extensa, Shumardia granulosa, Shumardia karasaiensis, Shumardia lacrimosa, Shumardia matchensis, Shumardia minaretta, Shumardia phalloides, Shumardia sagittula, Shumardia tarimuensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sayram, Tianshan, Upper part, which is in a Tremadocian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Sayram Formation of China
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sayram, Tianshan, Upper part
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.