Gymnagnostus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Full reference: R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1968. Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):767-800

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

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acmarhachis, Agnostinae, Agnostus, Aistagnostus, Barrandagnostus, Biciragnostus, Connagnostus, Eurudagnostus, Formosagnostus, Homagnostus, Idolagnostus, Ivshinagnostus, Kormagnostella, Kormagnostus, Kymagnostus, Lotagnostus, Micragnostus, Neoagnostus, Oncagnostus, Oxyagnostus, Peronopsinae, Ptychagnostinae, Quadrahomagnostus, Semagnostus, Strictagnostus, Trilobagnostus

Subtaxa: Gymnagnostus congros Gymnagnostus kobayashii Gymnagnostus mexicanus Gymnagnostus perinflatus

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Type: Gymnagnostus congros

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (5 collections), Bolivia (2), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Mexico (3)

• Cambrian of Argentina (22), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)

Total: 34 collections including 38 occurrences

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