Artiopoda - Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Full reference: T. E. Tjernvik. 1956. On the Early Ordovician of Sweden stratigraphy and fauna. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 36(6):109-284
Belongs to Geragnostus according to T. E. Tjernvik 1956
Sister taxa: Geragnostus (Geragnostella), Geragnostus (Geragnostus), Geragnostus (Microagnostus), Geragnostus (Novoagnostus), Geragnostus boutouryensis, Geragnostus callaveiformis, Geragnostus fabius, Geragnostus occitanus
Type specimen: PU no. Vg 279, a pygidium. Its type locality is Hunneberg Group Limestone Biota, Vastergotland, which is in a Tremadocian/Floian deep subtidal shelf limestone in Sweden.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (1 collection), Sweden (2)
• Tremadoc of China (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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