Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Full reference: Y. Lu and H. Lin. 1980. Cambro-Ordovician boundary in western Zhejiang and the trilobites contained therein. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19(2):118-134
Belongs to Rhaptagnostus according to Lu and Lin 1980
Sister taxa: Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus), Pseudagnostus ampullatus, Pseudagnostus anhuiensis, Pseudagnostus benxiensis, Pseudagnostus bulgosus, Pseudagnostus canadensis, Pseudagnostus chinensis, Pseudagnostus communis, Pseudagnostus cyclopyge, Pseudagnostus dividuus, Pseudagnostus gyps, Pseudagnostus idalis, Pseudagnostus josephus, Pseudagnostus karatauensis, Pseudagnostus koerferi, Pseudagnostus leptoplastorum, Pseudagnostus marginisulcatus, Pseudagnostus medius, Pseudagnostus mestus, Pseudagnostus obsurdus, Pseudagnostus papilio, Pseudagnostus planulatus, Pseudagnostus praecurrens, Pseudagnostus primus, Pseudagnostus prolongus, Pseudagnostus pseudangustilobus, Pseudagnostus pseudocyclopyge, Pseudagnostus punctatus, Pseudagnostus rajovopsis, Pseudagnostus securiger, Pseudagnostus sericatus, Pseudagnostus subquadratus, Pseudagnostus vastulus, Litagnostus meniscus, Litagnostus levisensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius
Type specimen: NIGP 61550, a cephalon/head
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (2 collections)
• Cambrian of China (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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