Redlichiida

Kueichowia liui

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Kueichowiidae

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3Guizhou

Kueichowia liui — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Holotype Figured specimen (Guizhou; Zhao Yuanlong (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. et al., 1984) 2025) (Guizhou; Lixia) (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. 2025) (Guizhou; Mr. Y)

Kueichowia liui — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Holotype Figured specimen (Guizhou; Zhao Yuanlong (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. et al., 1984) 2025) (Guizhou; Lixia) (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. 2025) (Guizhou; Mr. Y)

Kueichowia liui — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Holotype Figured specimen (Guizhou; Zhao Yuanlong (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. et al., 1984) 2025) (Guizhou; Lixia) (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. 2025) (Guizhou; Mr. Y)

Kueichowia liui — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Holotype Figured specimen (Guizhou; Zhao Yuanlong (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. et al., 1984) 2025) (Guizhou; Lixia) (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. 2025) (Guizhou; Mr. Y)

Kueichowia liui — photo 5 — Photo 5 · Holotype Figured specimen (Guizhou; Zhao Yuanlong (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. et al., 1984) 2025) (Guizhou; Lixia) (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. 2025) (Guizhou; Mr. Y)

Kueichowia liui — photo 6 — Photo 6 · Holotype Figured specimen (Guizhou; Zhao Yuanlong (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. et al., 1984) 2025) (Guizhou; Lixia) (Guizhou; Sun Zhixin et al. 2025) (Guizhou; Mr. Y)

Classification

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Kueichowiidae

Genus

Kueichowia Lu, 1942

Genus author

Lu Yanhao

Genus etymology

Kueichow

Species

K. liui Lu, 1942

Species author

Lu Yanhao

Species etymology

Liu — a surname, from Mr Liu Tsing-hsiang of the National Chekiang University, who collected the specimen

Age

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3

Distribution

Guizhou

Synonyms

Kueichowia xishuiensis; Kueichowia guizhouensis

Diagnosis

Cranidium nearly square; glabella slightly narrowing forward, broadly rounded anteriorly, with four pairs of glabellar furrows; occipital furrow continuous; preglabellar field long longitudinally, bearing a ridge parallel to the anterior margin of the glabella; eye ridge stout, Extending obliquely backward; Anterior border short and convex longitudinally, anterior border furrow long and shallow longitudinally; Free cheek narrow, genal spines extremely long, extending obliquely outward, intergenal angle large. Thorax with about 14 segments, 4th segment macropleural the first two with dagger-like pleural spines directed outward, later ones longer and directed backward and outward. Pygidium small; axis bearing a pair of rounded prominences.

Remarks

This species is the type species of Kueichowia.