Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae
Full reference: R. Ludvigsen, S. R. Westrop, and C. H. Kindle. 1989. Sunwaptan (Upper Cambrian) trilobites of the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 6:1-175
Belongs to Neoagnostus according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Neoagnostus acutifrons, Neoagnostus aspidoides, Neoagnostus bilobus, Neoagnostus bituberculatus, Neoagnostus clavus, Neoagnostus cornuformis, Neoagnostus denticulatus, Neoagnostus dilatus, Neoagnostus felix, Neoagnostus fengzuensis, Neoagnostus greeni, Neoagnostus kyrshabactensis, Neoagnostus longicollis, Neoagnostus occultatus, Neoagnostus pseudoclavus, Neoagnostus quadratiformis, Neoagnostus quasibilobus, Neoagnostus sabulosus, Neoagnostus shiziluensis, Neoagnostus tenuispinus, Neoagnostus tumidus, Pseudorhaptagnostus urceus
Type specimen: GSC 70373, a pygidium. Its type locality is Broom Point North BPN 245, which is in a Sunwaptan platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Shallow Bay Formation of Canada.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Broom Point North BPN 245
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.