Aotagnostus Opik 1979 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Alternative spelling: Triplagnostus (Aotagnostus)

Parent taxon: Ptychagnostidae according to E. B. Naimark and T. V. Pegel 2017

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Laurie 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acidusus, Allobodochus, Goniagnostus, Lejopyge, Myrmecomimus, Onymagnostus, Pseudophalacroma, Ptychagnostus, Tomagnostus, Triplagnostus, Yakutiana

Subtaxa: Aotagnostus aotus Aotagnostus culminosus Aotagnostus lundgreni Aotagnostus magniceps Aotagnostus minutus

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Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (16 collections), China (5), Sweden (1), United States (2: Utah)

Total: 24 collections including 26 occurrences

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