Ditomopyge sichuanensis Chen 1989 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: R. Y. Chen. 1989. Ditomopyge sichuanensis, a new species of Ditomopyge genus (trilobites) from Gusong District, S. Sichuan. Scientia Geologica Sinica 3:302-304

Belongs to Ditomopyge according to R. Y. Chen 1989

Sister taxa: Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge meridionalis, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge whitei, Ditomopyge yampupatensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wenshui River, Gusong District, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Longyin Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Wenshui River, Gusong District

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