Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Full reference: Y. Qian. 1985. Late Late Cambrian trilobites from the Tangcun Formation of Jingxian, southern Anhui. Palaeontologia Cathayana 2:137-167
Belongs to Pseudagnostus according to Y. Qian 1985
Sister taxa: Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus), Pseudagnostus ampullatus, 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, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Litagnostus meniscus, Litagnostus levisensis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chejia Hill, Tangcun, unit 2, which is in a Taoyuanian/Niuchehean marine mudstone/limestone in the Tangcun Formation of China
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (2 collections)
• Cambrian of China (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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