Sinodiscus kunshanensis Zhang and Zhou 1985 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Calodiscidae

Full reference: Q. Z. Zhang and Z. M. Zhou. 1985. Early Cambrian trilobite fauna of Kunshan, Jiangsu. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 24(2):259-266

Belongs to Sinodiscus according to Q. Z. Zhang and Z. M. Zhou 1985

Sister taxa: Sinodiscus changyangensis, Sinodiscus shipaiensis, Sinodiscus subquadratus, Sinodiscus trisulcatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kunshan, Hupeidiscus-Sinodiscus assemblage, which is in a Nangaoian marine horizon in China

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Kunshan, Hupeidiscus-Sinodiscus assemblage

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