Litagnostus levisensis Rasetti 1944 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1944. Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology 18(3):229-258

Belongs to Litagnostus according to F. Rasetti 1944

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 papilio, Pseudagnostus planulatus, Pseudagnostus praecurrens, Pseudagnostus primus, Pseudagnostus prolongus, Pseudagnostus pseudangustilobus, Pseudagnostus pseudocyclopyge, Pseudagnostus punctatus, Pseudagnostus rajovopsis, Pseudagnostus securiger, Pseudagnostus sericatus, Pseudagnostus subquadratus, Pseudagnostus vastulus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Litagnostus meniscus

Type specimen: Laval Univ 1103a, an exoskeleton

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Boulder 36 (Levis) (Cambrian of Quebec)

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