Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae
Synonym: Kunshanagnostus Qian and Zhou 1984
Parent taxon: Agnostidae according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Peng and Robison 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acmarhachis, Agnostinae, Agnostus, Aistagnostus, Barrandagnostus, Biciragnostus, Connagnostus, Eurudagnostus, Formosagnostus, Gymnagnostus, Homagnostus, Idolagnostus, Ivshinagnostus, Kormagnostella, Kormagnostus, Kymagnostus, Lotagnostus, Micragnostus, Neoagnostus, Oncagnostus, Oxyagnostus, Peronopsinae, Ptychagnostinae, Quadrahomagnostus, Semagnostus, Strictagnostus, Trilobagnostus
Subtaxa: Hadragnostus modestus Hadragnostus quadratiformis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Yukon collections), China (22), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (5), United States (10: South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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