Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
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 Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) according to S. Peng 1992
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, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Pseudagnostina douvillei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wa'ergang, units 15-17, 19-21, which is in a Taoyuanian slope limestone in the Huaqiao Formation of China
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (4 collections)
• Cambrian of China (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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