Acutatagnostus chinensis Peng 1992 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Full reference: S. Peng. 1992. Upper Cambrian biostratigraphy and trilobite faunas of the Cili-Taoyuan area, northwestern Hunan, China. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 13:1-119

Belongs to Acutatagnostus according to S. Peng 1992

Sister taxa: Agnostus (Agnostus), Agnostus (Homagnostus), Agnostus artilimbatus, Agnostus babcocki, Agnostus bibullatus, Agnostus bidens, Agnostus gladiator, Agnostus innocens, Agnostus interstricta, Agnostus neglectus, Agnostus neon, Agnostus nudus, Agnostus orion, Agnostus pisiformis, Agnostus princeps, Agnostus rex, Agnostus tardus, Agnostus valentinus, Acutatagnostus punctatus, Acutatagnostus acutatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shenjiawan, unit 7, 22, which is in a Taoyuanian slope limestone in the Huaqiao Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Shenjiawan, unit 7, 22

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