Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Full reference: Y. Y. Qian. 1982. Ontogeny of Pseudagnostus benxiensis sp. nov. (Trilobita). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21:632-643
Belongs to Pseudagnostus according to Qian 1982
Sister taxa: Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus), Pseudagnostus ampullatus, Pseudagnostus anhuiensis, 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) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Pseudagnostina douvillei
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Benxi (Cambrian of China)
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