Asaphida

Monkaspis sp. 4

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Uncertain / Family Monkaspidae

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Shandong

Monkaspis sp. 4 — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Greek, shield Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal (Shandong; Huakai Fugui) exoskeleton (Shandong; Lixia) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Zaochun) (Shandong; Xinghe Guntang)

Monkaspis sp. 4 — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Greek, shield Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal (Shandong; Huakai Fugui) exoskeleton (Shandong; Lixia) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Zaochun) (Shandong; Xinghe Guntang)

Monkaspis sp. 4 — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Greek, shield Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal (Shandong; Huakai Fugui) exoskeleton (Shandong; Lixia) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Zaochun) (Shandong; Xinghe Guntang)

Monkaspis sp. 4 — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Greek, shield Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal (Shandong; Huakai Fugui) exoskeleton (Shandong; Lixia) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete enrolled dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Zaochun) (Shandong; Xinghe Guntang)

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. 4

Species author

Species etymology

Age

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Shandong

Diagnosis

This species occurs in the Neodrepanura premesnili horizon, characterised by: a rather long, subrectangular glabella, a longitudinally short preglabellar field, small slightly convex eyes, and a long pygidial axis with 8 pairs of rather short pygidial spines.