Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Alternative combinations: Lopnorites rectispinatus, Proceratopyge (Lopnorites) rectispinatus
Synonyms: Lopnorites fragilis Troedsson 1937, Proceratopyge cylindrica Chien 1961, Proceratopyge fragilis Troedsson 1937
Belongs to Proceratopyge according to B. D. E. Chatterton 2020
See also Choi et al. 2008, Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008, Peng 1992 and Peng et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Proceratopyge (Lopnorites), Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge), Proceratopyge canadensis, Proceratopyge conifrons, Proceratopyge distensa, Proceratopyge fenghwangensis, Proceratopyge fuyangensis, Proceratopyge incondita, Proceratopyge longa, Proceratopyge mirabilis, Proceratopyge nathorsti, Proceratopyge promisca, Proceratopyge protracta, Proceratopyge tenuita, Proceratopyge truncatus, Proceratopyge waergangensis, Proceratopyge zhejiangensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (3 collections), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (29)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), Kazakhstan (25)
Total: 61 collections including 62 occurrences
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