Pentagnostus endemicus Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Full reference: G. K. Ergaliev and F. G. Ergaliev. 2008. Agnostidy srednego i verkhnego Kembriya Aksayskogo Gosudarstvennogo Geologicheskogo Zakaznika v yushnom Kazakhstane (Kyrshabakty, Malyy Karatau) [Middle and Upper Cambrian Agnostida from the Aksai National Geological Reserve in southern Kazakhstan (Kyrshabakty River, Malyy Karatau Range)] 1-359

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

Sister taxa: Pentagnostus (Meragnostus), Pentagnostus admirabilis, Pentagnostus anabarensis, Pentagnostus bonnerensis, Pentagnostus brighamensis, Pentagnostus krusei, Pentagnostus praecurrens, Pentagnostus shabaktensis, Pentagnostus shergoldi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kyrshabakty River, 1465-15, which is in a Zhanaarykian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in the Aktas Formation of Kazakhstan

Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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