Glyptagnostus Whitehouse 1936 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida

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

See also Henningsmoen 1958, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Agnostidae, Ammagnostidae, Clavagnostidae, Condylopygidae, Diplagnostidae, Doryagnostidae, Glaberagnostus, Leiagnostus, Megagnostus, Metagnostidae, Phalacromidae, Phalagnostus, Phaldagnostus, Pseudagnostidae, Ptychagnostidae, Spinagnostidae, Valenagnostus

Subtaxa: Glyptagnostus angelini Glyptagnostus reticulatus Glyptagnostus stolidotus

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Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (1), Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), China (52), Kazakhstan (11), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (8), South Korea (1), Sweden (2), United States (12: Alabama, Nevada, Texas)

Total: 94 collections including 98 occurrences

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