Homagnostus alaskensis Palmer 1968 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Belongs to Homagnostus according to Palmer 1968

Sister taxa: Homagnostus captiosus, Homagnostus claviformis, Homagnostus comptus, Homagnostus hoi, Homagnostus hoiformis, Homagnostus longiformis, Homagnostus obesus, Homagnostus piriformis, Homagnostus seletensis, Homagnostus sulcatus, Homagnostus zhuangliensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 4381-CO - Jones Ridge Limestone, Jones Ridge-Squaw Mountain area, which is in a Dresbachian carbonate limestone in the Jones Ridge Limestone Formation of Alaska

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Kazakhstan (6), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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