Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Full reference: J. H. Shergold. 1971. Late Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Gola Beds, western Queensland. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics Bullein 112:1-87
Belongs to Pseudagnostus according to J. H. Shergold 1971
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 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, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari
Type specimen: CPC 8442, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Gola Beds K102, which is in an Iverian marine grainstone in the Gola Beds Formation of Australia.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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