Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Alternative combinations: Neoagnostus simplex, Pseudorhaptagnostus simplex
Belongs to Rhaptagnostus according to S. Peng 1992
See also Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
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, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Litagnostus levisensis, Litagnostus meniscus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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