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, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Litagnostus meniscus, Litagnostus levisensis
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:
• Cambrian of China (1 collection)
• Taoyuanian of China (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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