†Dianops quizhouensis Xiang 1981 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: L. -W. Xiang. 1981. Some Late Devonian trilobites of China. Special Paper Geological Society of America 187:183-191
Belongs to Dianops according to L. -W. Xiang 1981
Sister taxa: Dianops algeriensis, Dianops anophthalmus, Dianops kaufmannii, Dianops limbatus, Dianops typhlops, Dianops vicarius
Type specimen: T1268, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Top of upper member, 1.5 km east of Daihua, which is in a Famennian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Daihua Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Top of upper member, 1.5 km east of Daihua
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