Artiopoda - Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Alternative combination: Tomorhachis spinosa
Synonyms: Acanthagnostus longispinus Qian 1982, Clavagnostus bisectus Opik 1967, Clavagnostus longispinus Qian 1982, Clavagnostus sulcatus Westergard 1946
Belongs to Clavagnostus according to C. J. Bentley et al. 2006
See also Peng and Robison 2000, Qian 1982 and Sun 1989
Sister taxa: Clavagnostus (Paraclavagnostus), Clavagnostus burnsi, Clavagnostus calensis, Clavagnostus cuneatus, Clavagnostus repandus, Clavagnostus subconicus, Clavagnostus taoyuanensis, Clavagnostus trispinus
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), China (4), Kazakhstan (7), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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