Asaphida

Monkaspis taitzehoensis

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Uncertain / Family Monkaspidae

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi

Monkaspis taitzehoensis — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Greek, shield Holotype NIGP9526 (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Cephalon and pygidium specimen (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Pygidium specimen (Hebei; Duan Jiye et al. 2005) Pygidium specimen (Shanxi; Zhang Jinlin et al. 1985) Thorax and pygidium specimen (Shandong; Baishui)

Monkaspis taitzehoensis — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Greek, shield Holotype NIGP9526 (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Cephalon and pygidium specimen (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Pygidium specimen (Hebei; Duan Jiye et al. 2005) Pygidium specimen (Shanxi; Zhang Jinlin et al. 1985) Thorax and pygidium specimen (Shandong; Baishui)

Monkaspis taitzehoensis — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Greek, shield Holotype NIGP9526 (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Cephalon and pygidium specimen (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Pygidium specimen (Hebei; Duan Jiye et al. 2005) Pygidium specimen (Shanxi; Zhang Jinlin et al. 1985) Thorax and pygidium specimen (Shandong; Baishui)

Monkaspis taitzehoensis — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Greek, shield Holotype NIGP9526 (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Cephalon and pygidium specimen (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Pygidium specimen (Hebei; Duan Jiye et al. 2005) Pygidium specimen (Shanxi; Zhang Jinlin et al. 1985) Thorax and pygidium specimen (Shandong; Baishui)

Monkaspis taitzehoensis — photo 5 — Photo 5 · Greek, shield Holotype NIGP9526 (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Cephalon and pygidium specimen (Liaoning; Peng 2020) Pygidium specimen (Hebei; Duan Jiye et al. 2005) Pygidium specimen (Shanxi; Zhang Jinlin et al. 1985) Thorax and pygidium specimen (Shandong; Baishui)

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

M. taitzehoensis (Chu, 1959)

Species author

Zhu Zhaoling

Species etymology

Taitzeho, the Taizihe River valley, Liaoning, the locality

Age

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi

Synonyms

Liaoningaspis taitzehoensis

Diagnosis

Cephalon very similar to that of the type species Monkaspis daulis. Pygidium with four pairs of pleural furrows; two pairs of serrate small spines laterally, the median part of the border without pygidial spines.