†Pseudobirmanites Li 1978 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Proetida - Rorringtoniidae
Synonym: Madygenia Petrunina 1975 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Rorringtoniidae according to R. M. Owens 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Özdikmen 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hanjiangaspis, Rorringtonia, Rorringtoniinae, Solariproetus
Subtaxa: Madygenia brachypyga Madygenia communis Pseudobirmanites leiboensis Pseudobirmanites suavis
Type: Pseudobirmanites leiboensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Ordovician of China (6), Italy (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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