Redlichia chinensis
Species of trilobite
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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]
| Redlichia chinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Redlichiida |
| Family: | †Redlichiidae |
| Genus: | †Redlichia |
| Species: | †R. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Redlichia chinensis (Walcott, 1905) | |
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]
