Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Synonym: Iwayaspis Kobayashi 1960
Full reference: Y. Chien. 1961. Cambrian trilobites from Sandu and Duyun, southern Kweichow. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 9(2):110-143
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Ceratopyge, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Haniwoides, Hedinaspis, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropyge, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Onychopyge, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Tamdaspis, Tropidopyge, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Pseudoyuepingia asaphoides Pseudoyuepingia brevica Pseudoyuepingia carinalis Pseudoyuepingia elongata Pseudoyuepingia intermedia Pseudoyuepingia jiantangensis Pseudoyuepingia laochatianensis Pseudoyuepingia modesta Pseudoyuepingia zhejiangensis
Type: Pseudoyuepingia modesta
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (10 collections), South Korea (12)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), China (15), Kazakhstan (14)
Total: 52 collections including 62 occurrences
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