Corynexochida

Kaolishania pustulosa

Order Corynexochida / Suborder Leiostegiina / Superfamily Leiostegioidea / Family Kaolishaniidae

Jiangshanian (Furongian, Cambrian)Shandong, Liaoning

Kaolishania pustulosa — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Early literature specimen (Lu Yanhao et The world's first trilobite-themed postage stamp al. 1965) (China, 1958, Special Issue 22; Baishui) Literature specimen (Shandong; Qian Yiyuan 1994)

Kaolishania pustulosa — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Early literature specimen (Lu Yanhao et The world's first trilobite-themed postage stamp al. 1965) (China, 1958, Special Issue 22; Baishui) Literature specimen (Shandong; Qian Yiyuan 1994)

Kaolishania pustulosa — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Early literature specimen (Lu Yanhao et The world's first trilobite-themed postage stamp al. 1965) (China, 1958, Special Issue 22; Baishui) Literature specimen (Shandong; Qian Yiyuan 1994)

Classification

Order Corynexochida / Suborder Leiostegiina / Superfamily Leiostegioidea / Family Kaolishaniidae

Genus

Kaolishania Sun, 1924

Genus author

Sun Yunchu

Genus etymology

Kaolishan, Haolishan, Tai'an, Shandong

Species

K. pustulosa Sun, 1924

Species author

Sun Yunchu

Species etymology

pustulosa, Latin, full of pustules

Age

Jiangshanian (Furongian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Shandong, Liaoning

Diagnosis

Cephalon and pygidium densely tuberculate. Cranidium and glabella both trapezoidal; 3 pairs of glabellar furrows, S1 and S2 deep, S3 shallow; occipital furrow deep; occipital ring wide medially; palpebral lobes medium-sized; eye ridges faint; fixigenae wide; anterior border narrow. Pygidium subsquare; axis long, reaching the border furrow, with six axial rings plus a terminal piece; pleural region wide with deep pleural furrows; first and second pleural rings extended into lateral spines; border furrow shallow; border medium-wide.

Remarks

This species is the type species of the genus Kaolishania and the first trilobite to appear on a postage stamp (China, 1958, Special Issue 22).