Leiagnostus Jaekel 1909 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida

Synonyms: Ciceragnostus Kobayashi 1937, Phoidagnostoides Pillet 1978

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

See also Bao and Jago 2000, Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington et al. 1997

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

Subtaxa: Ciceragnostus iruyensis Leiagnostus inletensis Leiagnostus perinflatus Leiagnostus turgidulus

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Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Billingen of Sweden (1 collection)

• Arenig of the United Kingdom (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (7), China (2), Czechia (1), France (2), Spain (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)

• Cambrian of Argentina (1), Australia (4), China (7), France (1), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences

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