Corynexochida

Fuchouia chai

Order Corynexochida / Suborder Corynexochina / Family Dolichometopidae

Cambrian, Miaolingian Drumian to GuzhangianHunan, Guizhou

Fuchouia chai — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Cephalon as lectotype (border of Hunan and (Guizhou; Baishui) Guizhou; Lu Yanhao 1957) Illustrated specimens (Hunan; Peng Shanchi 2020)

Fuchouia chai — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Cephalon as lectotype (border of Hunan and (Guizhou; Baishui) Guizhou; Lu Yanhao 1957) Illustrated specimens (Hunan; Peng Shanchi 2020)

Fuchouia chai — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Cephalon as lectotype (border of Hunan and (Guizhou; Baishui) Guizhou; Lu Yanhao 1957) Illustrated specimens (Hunan; Peng Shanchi 2020)

Classification

Order Corynexochida / Suborder Corynexochina / Family Dolichometopidae

Genus

Fuchouia Resser & Endo in Kobayashi, 1935

Genus author

Resser C. E. & Endo R

Genus etymology

Fuchou, Fuzhou (Fuxian), Liaoning

Species

F. chiai Lu, 1957

Species author

Lu Yanhao

Species etymology

Unknown

Age

Cambrian, Miaolingian Drumian to Guzhangian

Distribution

Hunan, Guizhou

Diagnosis

This species is very similar to F. bulba, differing mainly in the wider cranidium; the upturned outer border with a broad, pointed, zigzag anterior margin; the nearly transverse anterior border furrow; the broad free cheek with a short genal spine; and the wider pygidial border.