Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae
Alternative combination: Agnostus comptus
Full reference: A.R. Palmer. 1962. Glyptagnostus and associated trilobites in the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 374(F):F1-F49
Belongs to Homagnostus according to A.R. Palmer 1962
See also Rozova 1964
Sister taxa: Homagnostus alaskensis, Homagnostus captiosus, Homagnostus claviformis, Homagnostus hoi, Homagnostus hoiformis, Homagnostus longiformis, Homagnostus obesus, Homagnostus piriformis, Homagnostus seletensis, Homagnostus sulcatus, Homagnostus zhuangliensis
Type specimen: USNM 143126, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Steptoean Stage, Duck Creek, Nevada - Palmer 1999, which is in the Steptoean/Dolgellian of shale/limestone the Dunderberg Formation Nevada.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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