Asaphida

Monkaspis sp. 1

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Uncertain / Family Monkaspidae

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Shandong

Monkaspis sp. 1 — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Greek, shield Complete enrolled dorsal Complete dorsal exoskeleton exoskeleton (Shandong; Zimu) (Shandong; Haiqin Quanxin) Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Fumoshi Guo Aotu)

Monkaspis sp. 1 — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Greek, shield Complete enrolled dorsal Complete dorsal exoskeleton exoskeleton (Shandong; Zimu) (Shandong; Haiqin Quanxin) Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Fumoshi Guo Aotu)

Monkaspis sp. 1 — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Greek, shield Complete enrolled dorsal Complete dorsal exoskeleton exoskeleton (Shandong; Zimu) (Shandong; Haiqin Quanxin) Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Fumoshi Guo Aotu)

Monkaspis sp. 1 — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Greek, shield Complete enrolled dorsal Complete dorsal exoskeleton exoskeleton (Shandong; Zimu) (Shandong; Haiqin Quanxin) Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Fumoshi Guo Aotu)

Monkaspis sp. 1 — photo 5 — Photo 5 · Greek, shield Complete enrolled dorsal Complete dorsal exoskeleton exoskeleton (Shandong; Zimu) (Shandong; Haiqin Quanxin) Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Fumoshi Guo Aotu)

Monkaspis sp. 1 — photo 6 — Photo 6 · Greek, shield Complete enrolled dorsal Complete dorsal exoskeleton exoskeleton (Shandong; Zimu) (Shandong; Haiqin Quanxin) Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Fumoshi Guo Aotu)

Classification

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Uncertain / Family Monkaspidae

Genus

Monkaspis Kobayashi, 1935

Genus author

Kobayashi T.

Genus etymology

Monk, a surname, in honour of the early Chinese trilobite researcher, the German scholar H. Monke; aspis,

Species

Monkaspis sp. 1

Species author

Species etymology

Age

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Shandong

Diagnosis

This species occurs in the Damesella paronai horizon, characterised by: a conical glabella with indistinct lateral basal lobes, small eyes with long eye ridges, and anterior branches of the facial sutures diverging at a small angle. The pygidial axis is slender and long; the border bears 8 pairs of pygidial spines.