Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Alternative combinations: Agnostus laevigatus, Battus laevigatus, Lejopyge laevigata
Synonym: Lejopyge calva Robison 1964
Belongs to Lejopyge according to D. L. Bruton et al. 1984
See also Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Robison 1964
Sister taxa: Lejopyge acantha, Lejopyge armata, Lejopyge barrandei, Lejopyge cos, Lejopyge elegans, Lejopyge multifora, Lejopyge rigbyi, Lejopyge sinensis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (27), Greenland (3), Kazakhstan (15), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (4: Alaska, Utah)
Total: 59 collections including 61 occurrences
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