Ptychopariida

Luyanhaoaspis decorosa

Order Ptychopariida / Suborder Ptychopariina / Superfamily Ptychoparioidea / Family Onchonotopsidae

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Hunan

Luyanhaoaspis decorosa — photo 1 — Photo 1 · -aspis, Greek, shield Yong'an Holotype NIGP 118867 (Hunan; Peng 2020) Cephalon and pygidium specimen (Hunan; Peng 2020)

Luyanhaoaspis decorosa — photo 2 — Photo 2 · -aspis, Greek, shield Yong'an Holotype NIGP 118867 (Hunan; Peng 2020) Cephalon and pygidium specimen (Hunan; Peng 2020)

Classification

Order Ptychopariida / Suborder Ptychopariina / Superfamily Ptychoparioidea / Family Onchonotopsidae

Genus

Luyanhaoaspis Peng, Babcock & Lin, 2001

Genus author

Peng Shanchi, Babcock L. E., Lin Huanling

Genus etymology

Luyanhao, Prof. Lu Yanhao, the renowned Chinese stratigrapher, palaeontologist and trilobite researcher;

Species

L. decorosa (Peng, Lin & Chen, 1995)

Species author

Peng Shanchi, Lin Huanling, Chen

Species etymology

decor-, Latin, ornate, fit for decoration

Age

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Hunan

Diagnosis

Glabella large and smooth, strongly convex with flatly rounded front; glabellar and occipital furrows indistinct; preglabellar field absent; anterior border long and flat; palpebral lobes minute; palpebral area of fixigenae almost absent. Pygidial axis weakly divided into 3-4 axial rings and a terminal piece, with a slender postaxial ridge; pleural region smooth, border wide and flat.

Remarks

This species is the type species of the genus Luyanhaoaspis.