Gymnagnostus mexicanus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Full reference: R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1968. Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):767-800

Belongs to Gymnagnostus according to B. R. Pratt 1988

See also Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968

Sister taxa: Gymnagnostus congros, Gymnagnostus kobayashii, Gymnagnostus perinflatus

Type specimen: USNM 158883, a pygidium

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), Mexico (2)

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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