Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Alternative combination: Pseudagnostus elix
Belongs to Rhaptagnostus according to Shergold 1977
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, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Australia (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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