Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) mortensis Shergold 1980 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Full reference: J. H. Shergold. 1980. Late Cambrian trilobites from the Chatsworth Limestone, western Queensland. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 186:1-108

Belongs to Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) according to J. H. Shergold 1980

Sister taxa: Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) aulax, Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) parvus, Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) tricanthus

Type specimen: CPC 15022, a pygidium. Its type locality is Horse Creek K218, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia.

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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