Redlichiida

Wutingaspis malungensis

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Redlichiidae

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou

Wutingaspis malungensis — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Type specimen (Yunnan; Lu Yanhao Ontogenetic sequence Luo Huilin et 1961) al. 2015 Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Baishui) (Yunnan; Xiaozhuang) (Yunnan; He Ming)

Wutingaspis malungensis — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Type specimen (Yunnan; Lu Yanhao Ontogenetic sequence Luo Huilin et 1961) al. 2015 Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Baishui) (Yunnan; Xiaozhuang) (Yunnan; He Ming)

Wutingaspis malungensis — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Type specimen (Yunnan; Lu Yanhao Ontogenetic sequence Luo Huilin et 1961) al. 2015 Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Baishui) (Yunnan; Xiaozhuang) (Yunnan; He Ming)

Wutingaspis malungensis — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Type specimen (Yunnan; Lu Yanhao Ontogenetic sequence Luo Huilin et 1961) al. 2015 Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Baishui) (Yunnan; Xiaozhuang) (Yunnan; He Ming)

Wutingaspis malungensis — photo 5 — Photo 5 · Type specimen (Yunnan; Lu Yanhao Ontogenetic sequence Luo Huilin et 1961) al. 2015 Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Baishui) (Yunnan; Xiaozhuang) (Yunnan; He Ming)

Classification

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Redlichiidae

Genus

Wutingaspis Kobayashi, 1944

Genus author

Kobayashi T.

Genus etymology

Wuting, Wuding, Yunnan, the type locality; aspis, Ancient Greek, shield

Species

W. malungensis Lu, 1961

Species author

Lu Yanhao

Species etymology

Malung, type specimenstype locality

Age

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3

Distribution

Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou

Synonyms

Wutingaspis weiningensis; W. transversus; W. conicus; W. cylindrica; W. hongjunshaoensis

Diagnosis

Glabella convex, cylindrical-conical, anterior end broadly rounded, with three pairs of glabellar furrows, posterior pair deep and long, obliquely inward and backward, but not connected medially; Occipital ring relatively broad medially, without occipital spine; Eye Ridge inclined, palpebral lobe and eye ridge similar in length; Anterior border relatively narrow, fixed cheek relatively broad, posterior limb relatively short, nearly triangular. Thorax of 15 segments, axial rings with median nodes, axis and pleural equally wide, pleural furrows rather deep, pleural spines short. Pygidium rather small.