Sinopagetia Zhang and Yuan 1981 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Eodiscidae

Alternative spelling: Pagetia (Sinopagetia)

Full reference: W. T. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1981. Trilobites from the Hsuchuang Formation (lower Middle Cambrian) in western marginal parts of the North China Platform. Geological Society of America Special Paper 187:161-175

Parent taxon: Eodiscidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Zhang and Yuan 1981

Sister taxa: Dawsonia, Eodiscus, Helepagetia, Kiskinella, Macannaia, Opsidiscus, Pagetia, Pagetides

Subtaxa: Sinopagetia huainanensis Sinopagetia jinnanensis Sinopagetia neimengguensis

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Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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