Artiopoda - Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Synonyms: Acanthagnostus Qian 1982, Clavagnostus (Leptagnostus) Lu and Lin 1989, Culipagnostus Rusconi 1952, Leptagnostus Lu and Lin 1989, Tomorhachis Resser 1938
Parent taxon: Clavagnostinae according to C. J. Bentley et al. 2006
See also Jago et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002, Lu and Lin 1989, Peng and Robison 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Clavagnostus (Paraclavagnostus) Clavagnostus burnsi Clavagnostus calensis Clavagnostus cuneatus Clavagnostus repandus Clavagnostus spinosus Clavagnostus subconicus Clavagnostus taoyuanensis Clavagnostus trispinus
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (1), China (29), India (2), Kazakhstan (21), the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: Utah)
Total: 59 collections including 77 occurrences
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