# Sinodiscus

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Late [Atdabanian](/source/Atdabanian)
| taxon = Sinodiscus
| authority = Chang, ''in'' Lu ''et al.'' 1974<ref>LU, Y. H., CHANG, W. T., QIAN, Y., ZHU, Z. L.,
LIN, H. L., ZHOU, Z., QIAN, Y., ZHANG, S. and WU, H. 1974. Cambrian trilobites. 82–107. ''In'' NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY,
ACADEMIC SINICA (ed.). ''Handbook of stratigraphy and palaeontology, Southwest China.'' Science Press, Beijing, 454 pp. [In Chinese].</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
{{Specieslist
|†S. shipaiensis|Chang ''in'' Lu ''et al.'' 1974 ([type](/source/type_species))<ref>YANG, A., ZHU, M., ZHANG, J. and LI, G. 2003. Early Cambrian eodiscoid trilobites of the Yangtze Platform and their stratigraphic implications. ''Progress in Natural Science'' '''13(11)''': 861 – 866.</ref>
|†S. changyangensis|Zhang ''in'' Zhou ''et al''., 1977<ref>ZHOU, T. M., LIU, Y., MENG, X. S. and SUN, Z. H. 1977. Trilobita. 107 – 266. ''In'' GEOLOGICAL BUREAU OF HENAN PROVINCE (ed.). ''Palaeontological atlas of Central and South China. Guizhou (1).'' Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 420 pp. [In Chinese].</ref>
|†S. kunshanensis|Zhang & Zhou, 1985<ref>ZHANG, Q. Z. and ZHOU, Z. M. 1985. Early Cambrian trilobite fauna of Kunshan, Jiangsu. ''Acta Palaeontologica Sinica'' '''24(2)''': 259 – 266.</ref>
|†S. trisulcatus|Zhang & Zhou, 1985
}}
}}

'''''Sinodiscus''''' is an [extinct](/source/extinct) [genus](/source/genus) from a well-known class of [fossil](/source/fossil) marine [arthropod](/source/arthropod)s, the [trilobite](/source/trilobite)s. It lived during the late [Atdabanian](/source/Atdabanian) stage, which lasted from 530 to 524 million years ago during the early part of the [Cambrian Period](/source/Cambrian_Period).<ref name="Sepkoski">{{cite journal
  | last = SEPKOSKI| first = J.| title =  A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology| volume = 364|page=560| year = 2002| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class| access-date = 2008-01-12 }}</ref>

thumb|left|''S. changyangensis'' Zhang, mature (holaspid) exoskeleton as reconstructed by Dai & Zhang (2013). Dai and Zhang (2013) were able to reconstruct both the morphology and ontogeny of ''S. changyangensis'' Zhang based on a large number of well preserved examples from the lower Cambrian Shuijingtuo Formation in Changyang, Hubei Province, South China.<ref> DAI, T., ZHANG, X. 2013. Morphology and ontogeny of the eodiscoid trilobite ''Sinodiscus changyangensis'' from the lower Cambrian of South China. ''Palaeontology'', '''56''', 2, 411 – 420. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01208.x </ref>

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Category:Cambrian trilobites
Category:Eodiscina
Category:Agnostida genera
Category:Fossils of China

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