Peratagnostus Opik 1967 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Spinagnostidae

Synonyms: Monaxagnostus Liu 1982, Monexagnostus Liu 1982

Parent taxon: Hypagnostidae according to J. R. Paterson and J. R. Laurie 2004

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Cotalagnostus, Doryagnostus, Eoagnostus, Pseudoperonopsis, Raragnostus, Spinagnostinae, Tomagnostella

Subtaxa: Peratagnostus controversus Peratagnostus distinctus Peratagnostus hillardensis Peratagnostus invalidus Peratagnostus nobilis Peratagnostus obsoletus Peratagnostus orientalis Peratagnostus zhejiangensis

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Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Taoyuanian of China (11 collections), the Russian Federation (4), South Korea (17)

• Cambrian of Australia (2), Canada (4: Yukon), China (46), Kazakhstan (42), the Russian Federation (3), South Korea (1)

Total: 130 collections including 144 occurrences

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