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Ehmaniella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trilobita

Family
  
Alokistocaridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Ptychopariida

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Chancia, Kootenia, Ptychagnostus, Bathyuriscus, Asaphiscus

Ehmaniella is a genus of trilobite known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 392 specimens of Ehmaniella are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise .74% of the community. Its major characteristics are a wide cranidium, heavy eye ridges, longitudinal striae on the pre-glabellar area, and a small pygidium with few segments.

References

Ehmaniella Wikipedia