Biology:Redlichia chinensis

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Short description: Species of trilobite

Redlichia chinensis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Redlichiidae
Genus: Redlichia
Species:
R. chinensis
Binomial name
Redlichia chinensis
(Walcott, 1905)

Redlichia chinensis is an extinct species of trilobite that existed from 526 million years ago to 513 million years ago in the early Cambrian period (4th stage).[1]

Ecology

The species is a nektobenthic deposit feeder.

History

R. chinensis was discovered by Chang in 1966 in the Balang formation, China . 19 fossils have been discovered.[2][3]

Morphology

R. chinensis has a wide cephalon with a border and the glaella tapers forwards. The hypostoma has been pushed through from the underside and the genal spines are not at the occipital edge. The thorax narrows to a small pygidium and the pleurae terminate in short spines. R. chinensis is 7.5 centimeters long.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q112175559 entry