Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae
Alternative spelling: Geragnostus (Micragnostus)
Parent taxon: Agnostidae according to J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago 2000
See also Lu and Lin 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Acmarhachis, Agnostinae, Agnostus, Aistagnostus, Barrandagnostus, Biciragnostus, Connagnostus, Eurudagnostus, Formosagnostus, Gymnagnostus, Homagnostus, Idolagnostus, Ivshinagnostus, Kormagnostella, Kormagnostus, Kymagnostus, Lotagnostus, Neoagnostus, Oncagnostus, Oxyagnostus, Peronopsinae, Phalacroma, Ptychagnostinae, Quadrahomagnostus, Semagnostus, Strictagnostus, Trilobagnostus
Subtaxa: Geragnostus (Micragnostus) acrolebes Geragnostus (Micragnostus) bilobus Geragnostus (Micragnostus) chengcunensis Geragnostus (Micragnostus) xiyangshanensis Micragnostus brevispinus Micragnostus calviformis Micragnostus calvus Micragnostus chiushuensis Micragnostus curvata Micragnostus elongatus Micragnostus insolitus Micragnostus mutabilis Micragnostus orientalis Micragnostus pehuenchensis Micragnostus quadratiformis Micragnostus serus Micragnostus strictus Micragnostus vilonii
Type: Agnostus calvus
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Billingen of Norway (1 collection)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), Norway (1)
• Arenigian of France (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Australia (1), Bolivia (6), Canada (8: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories), China (1), Mexico (23), Norway (3), the United Kingdom (6)
• Taoyuanian of China (8), the Russian Federation (3), South Korea (17)
• Cambrian of Argentina (27), Australia (10), Canada (13: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), China (19), Kazakhstan (44), South Korea (5), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Nevada, Wyoming)
Total: 209 collections including 226 occurrences
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