Diplagnostus Jaeckel 1909 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Synonym: Tasagnostus Jago 1976

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

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acadagnostus, Agnostotes, Baltagnostus, Denagnostus, Diplagnostinae, Dolichagnostus, Iniospheniscus, Linguagnostus, Machairagnostus, Nahannagnostus, Oedorhachis, Oidalagnostinae, Pseudagnostus, Xestagnostus

Subtaxa: Diplagnostus floralis Diplagnostus planicauda Diplagnostus pseudofloralis Diplagnostus pyriformis

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Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (2), Australia (3), China (30), Denmark (2), Greenland (1), India (2), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (7), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 54 collections including 56 occurrences

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