Hupeidiscus fengdongensis Zhang et al. 1980 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Tsunyidiscidae

Full reference: W. T. Zhang, Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, Y. Y. Qian, H. L. Lin, Z. Zhou, S. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian trilobite faunas of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 16:1-497

Belongs to Hupeidiscus according to Zhang 1980

Sister taxa: Tsunyidiscus aclis, Tsunyidiscus chintingshanensis, Tsunyidiscus kaiyangensis, Tsunyidiscus longquanensis, Tsunyidiscus niutitangensis, Tsunyidiscus orientalis, Tsunyidiscus pertenus, Tsunyidiscus tingi, Tsunyidiscus yanjiazhaiensis, Hupeidiscus kunshanensis

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Kunshan, Hupeidiscus-Sinodiscus assemblage (Cambrian of China)

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