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 Rhaptagnostus 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, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Litagnostus meniscus, Litagnostus levisensis, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shenjiawan, unit 14, 28, which is in a Taoyuanian slope limestone in the Huaqiao Formation of China
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (16 collections)
• Taoyuanian of China (4)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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