Lotagnostus americanus Billings 1860 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Alternative combination: Agnostus americanus

Full reference: E. Billings. 1860. On some new species of fossils from the limestone at Point Levis opposite Quebec. Canadian Naturalist 5:301-324

Belongs to Lotagnostus according to S. R. Westrop et al. 2011

See also Billings 1860

Sister taxa: Lotagnostus (Distagnostus), Lotagnostus (Eolotagnostus), Lotagnostus (Lotagnostus) trisectus, Lotagnostus agnostiformis, Lotagnostus asiaticus, Lotagnostus atenuatus, Lotagnostus extremus, Lotagnostus hedini, Lotagnostus obscurus, Lotagnostus punctatus

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)

• Cambrian of Canada (3: Quebec)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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