Asaphida

Hedinaspis regalis

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Asaphoidea / Family Ceratopygidae

Stage 10 (Furongian, Cambrian)Zhejiang, Xinjiang, Hunan

Hedinaspis regalis — photo 1 — Photo 1 · aspis, Greek, shield. Early literature specimen (Xinjiang; Peng 2020)

Classification

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Asaphoidea / Family Ceratopygidae

Genus

Hedinaspis Troedsson, 1951

Genus author

Troedsson G. T.

Genus etymology

Hedin, a surname, in honour of the famous Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, an early researcher of Xinjiang;

Species

H. regalis (Troedsson, 1937)

Species author

Troedsson G. T.

Species etymology

regalis, royal, noble

Age

Stage 10 (Furongian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Zhejiang, Xinjiang, Hunan

Diagnosis

This species closely resembles Asiocephalus sulcatus, but differs in having a shorter preglabellar field, stouter palpebral lobes than eye ridges, and more strongly oblique pleural segments toward the pygidium; the pygidium is very small and fish-tail-shaped.

Remarks

This species is the type species of the genus Hedinaspis. The original genus name Hedinia was preoccupied in 1936, and Troedsson changed it to Hedinaspis in 1951.