Micragnostus curvata Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Alternative combination: Geragnostus curvata

Full reference: R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1968. Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):767-800

Belongs to Micragnostus according to G. K. Ergaliev and F. G. Ergaliev 2008

See also Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968

Sister taxa: Geragnostus (Micragnostus) acrolebes, Geragnostus (Micragnostus) bilobus, Geragnostus (Micragnostus) chengcunensis, Micragnostus brevispinus, Micragnostus calviformis, Micragnostus calvus, Micragnostus chiushuensis, Micragnostus elongatus, Micragnostus insolitus, Micragnostus mutabilis, Micragnostus orientalis, Micragnostus pehuenchensis, Micragnostus quadratiformis, Micragnostus serus, Micragnostus strictus, Micragnostus vilonii

Type specimen: USNM 158875, a cephalon/head

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Tremadoc of Mexico (4 collections)

• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (11)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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