Connagnostus tangshanensis Zhu and Wittke 1989 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Full reference: Z. L. Zhu and H. W. Wittke. 1989. Upper Cambrian trilobites from Tangshan, Hebei Province, North China. Palaeontologia Cathayana 4:199-259

Belongs to Connagnostus according to Z. L. Zhu and H. W. Wittke 1989

Sister taxa: Connagnostus aversus, Connagnostus fritzi, Connagnostus junior, Connagnostus longirhachis, Connagnostus venerabilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Weishan Hill, bed 17, which is in a Taoyuanian carbonate limestone in the Fengshan Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Weishan Hill, bed 17

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