Pseudagnostus benxiensis Qian 1982 (artiopod)

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, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Litagnostus meniscus, Litagnostus levisensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Benxi (Cambrian of China)

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