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, Litagnostus meniscus, Pseudagnostina douvillei, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis

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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