Wutingaspis tingi

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Redlichiidae

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

Ting — named for V. K. Ting (Ding Wenjiang), one of the founders of Chinese geology

Wutingaspis ningqiangensis; Wutingaspis sichuanensis; Wutingaspis sichuanensis similis Wutingaspis zhangshanensis

Dorsal shield elongate-oval, cranidium sub-trapezoidal. Glabella convex, columnar-conical, broadly rounded anteriorly; three pairs of glabellar furrows directed obliquely backward; occipital ring widest medially, with an occipital spine extending backward; eye ridge stout, Slightly inclined backward, similar in length to the palpebral lobe; Distal end of palpebral lobe well separated from the glabella; Anterior border narrower than the preglabellar field; Fixed cheek relatively broad, posterior limb broad, posterior border furrow broad and deep; Free cheek of moderate width, Genal spines short and small; Anterior branch of facial suture at nearly 30 degrees to the midline. Thorax of 15 segments, axial rings of 1st-12th segments with small spines, axis narrower than pleural region; Pleural furrow relatively deep, pleural spines short. Pygidium relatively small, subcircular, with one pair of fused pleural ribs.

This species is the type species of Wutingaspis.