Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Full reference: H. Qiu. 1984. Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian Tangcun Formation in Jingxian, southern Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(3):329-341
Belongs to Rhaptagnostus according to Qiu 1984
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) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jingxian, unit 5, which is in a Niuchehean marine limestone/shale in the Tangcun Formation of China
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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