ammonites
Olenoides octaspinus Yuan et al. 1997 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Full reference: J. L. Yuan, Y. L. Zhao, Z. Z. Wang, Z. Zhen, and X. Y. Chen. 1997. A preliminary study on Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary and trilobite fauna at Balang, Taijiang, Guizhou, south China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 36(4):494-524

Belongs to Olenoides according to J. L. Yuan et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Olenoides abnormis, Olenoides brighamensis, Olenoides comptus, Olenoides evansi, Olenoides hubeiensis, Olenoides paraptus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balang, 8D, which is in a Duyunian slope shale in the Kaili Formation of China

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore