Alternative combination: Zygadenia ludongensis
Full reference: W. L. Wang and M. W. Liu. 1996. A new species of Notocupes from the Cretaceous of Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province. Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum 55:79-82
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Strelnikova and Yan 2023 and Wang and Liu 1996
Sister taxa: Lupicupes trachylaenus, Notocupes alienus, Notocupes baojiatunensis, Notocupes caudatus, Notocupes cyclodontus, Notocupes daohugouensis, Notocupes diazromerali, Notocupes elegans, Notocupes excellens, Notocupes kezuoensis, Notocupes khasurtyiensis, Notocupes laetus, Notocupes laiyangensis, Notocupes lapidarius, Notocupes latus, Notocupes lini, Notocupes mongolicus, Notocupes neli, Notocupes ohmkuhnlei, Notocupes picturatus, Notocupes pingi, Notocupes pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes shiluoensis, Notocupes tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus
Type specimen: BNPIS 951101, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is XII.53, Huangyadi, Muyudianxiang, Laiyang City, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at XII.53, Huangyadi, Muyudianxiang, Laiyang City
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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