Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Belongs to Rhaptagnostus according to Lu and Lin 1980
Sister taxa: Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus), Pseudagnostus ampullatus, Pseudagnostus anhuiensis, Pseudagnostus benxiensis, Pseudagnostus bulgosus, Pseudagnostus canadensis, Pseudagnostus chinensis, Pseudagnostus communis, Pseudagnostus cyclopyge, Pseudagnostus dividuus, Pseudagnostus gyps, Pseudagnostus idalis, Pseudagnostus josephus, Pseudagnostus karatauensis, Pseudagnostus koerferi, Pseudagnostus leptoplastorum, Pseudagnostus marginisulcatus, Pseudagnostus medius, Pseudagnostus mestus, Pseudagnostus obsurdus, Pseudagnostus papilio, Pseudagnostus planulatus, Pseudagnostus praecurrens, Pseudagnostus primus, Pseudagnostus prolongus, Pseudagnostus pseudangustilobus, Pseudagnostus pseudocyclopyge, Pseudagnostus punctatus, Pseudagnostus rajovopsis, Pseudagnostus securiger, Pseudagnostus sericatus, Pseudagnostus subquadratus, Pseudagnostus vastulus, Litagnostus levisensis, Litagnostus meniscus, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus elix, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (2 collections)
• Cambrian of China (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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