Abakolia Bognibova 1970 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Weymouthiidae

Synonym: Costadiscus Babcock 1994

Parent taxon: Weymouthiidae according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acidiscus, Acimetopus, Analox, Bathydiscus, Bolboparia, Chelediscus, Cobboldites, Leptochilodiscus, Litometopus, Mallagnostus, Meniscuchus, Morocconus, Ninadiscus, Oodiscus, Pseudocobboldia, Runcinodiscus, Semadiscus, Serrodiscus, Stigmadiscus, Tannudiscus, Weymouthia

Subtaxa: Abakolia pauca

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Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Greenland (3 collections), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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