Aotagnostus aotus Öpik 1979 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Alternative combination: Triplagnostus (Aotagnostus) aotus

Full reference: A. A. Öpik. 1979. Middle Cambrian agnostids: systematics and biostratigraphy. . Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 172:1-188

Belongs to Aotagnostus according to Laurie 2008

See also Laurie 1988 and Öpik 1979

Sister taxa: Aotagnostus culminosus, Aotagnostus lundgreni, Aotagnostus magniceps, Aotagnostus minutus

Type specimen: CPC14151

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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