†Monkaspis Kobayashi 1935 (trilobite)
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Synonym: Kushanopyge Chu 1959
Parent taxon: Monkaspididae according to S. Peng et al. 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Liaoningaspis, Liaoningella, Metopotropis, Nomadinis, Walcottaspidella
Subtaxa: Kushanopyge serrata Monkaspis daulis Monkaspis neimonggolensis Monkaspis quadrata Monkaspis serratus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (20 collections), Kazakhstan (1), South Korea (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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