Mapanopsis Chang 1963 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Mapaniidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Mapania, Metanomocarella, Paramapania, Pseudomapania, Quitacetra, Quitalia

Subtaxa: Mapanopsis expansus Mapanopsis nimis

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Type: Mapanopsis expansus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at SH016, SH016B, SH016-99-2. Section 1. Hutoushan to Huangcaoding in Zhangxia (Cambrian of China)

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