Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Full reference: A. A. Öpik. 1979. Middle Cambrian agnostids: systematics and biostratigraphy. . Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 172:1-188
Parent taxon: Ptychagnostidae according to G. K. Ergaliev and F. G. Ergaliev 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acidusus, Allobodochus, Aotagnostus, Goniagnostus, Lejopyge, Onymagnostus, Pseudophalacroma, Ptychagnostus, Tomagnostus, Triplagnostus, Yakutiana
Subtaxa: Myrmecomimus saltus Myrmecomimus solitarius Myrmecomimus tribulis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (10 collections), Kazakhstan (3)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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