Redlichiida
Kepingaspis kepingensis
Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Redlichiidae
Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3Xinjiang
Classification
Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Redlichiidae
Genus
Kepingaspis Chang, 1965
Genus author
Zhang Tairong
Genus etymology
Keping, pinyin, the type locality
Species
K. kepingensis Chang, 1965
Species author
Zhang Tairong
Species etymology
Keping, pinyin, the type locality in Keping, Xinjiang
Age
Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3
Distribution
Xinjiang
Diagnosis
Dorsal shield narrowly elongate-oval, gently convex. Cephalon semicircular; cranidium subsquare; glabella conical, gently convex, rounded anteriorly; three pairs of glabellar furrows directed obliquely backward; occipital furrow directed obliquely forward laterally; occipital ring with a short occipital spine; palpebral lobe long and hook-shaped; eye ridge slightly shorter than the palpebral lobe, its front end reaching the first glabellar furrow; fixed cheek narrow; free cheek broad, genal spine small; facial Anterior branch of facial suture slightly obliquely outward then cutting inward to the margin; Posterior branch obliquely backward and outward. Thorax relatively narrow; 19 Segments, each axial ring with small median tubercle; Pleural region about as wide as the axis, pleural furrow Wide, pleural spines short. Pygidium very small, subcircular, divided into two segments.
Remarks
This species is the type species of Kepingaspis.