Kongqiaoheia rotundata

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Trinucleoidea / Family Raphiophoridae

Kongqiaohe, the Kongque (Peacock) River, Xinjiang; the locality, the Charchaq Mountains, lies north of the

rotundata, rounded, referring to the pair of annular longitudinal furrows in the pleural region of the pygidium

Specimens rather small, dorsal shield circular. Cephalon somewhat semicircular; glabella pear-shaped, strongly convex, widening from back to front, front rounded and spineless, extending slightly beyond the cephalon, glabellar furrows short and in- distinct; occipital ring extremely narrow and convex; genal spines slender and long. Thorax of 3 segments; axis narrow; pleurae straight with deep pleural and interpleural furrows. Pygidium semicircular; axis narrow, conical, extending backward to the bor- der, with 9-10 rings; pleural region wide, with a pair of peculiar annular longitudinal furrows running in a ring from the anterior to the posterior margin of the pygidium; border and border furrow indistinct.

This species is the type species of the genus Kongqiaoheia.