Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae
Full reference: S. R. Hohensee and J. H. Stitt. 1989. Redeposited Elvinia Zone (Upper Cambrian) trilobites from the Collier Shale, Ouachita Mountains, west-central Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):857-879
Belongs to Neoagnostus according to S. R. Hohensee and J. H. Stitt 1989
Sister taxa: Neoagnostus acutifrons, Neoagnostus aspidoides, Neoagnostus bilobus, Neoagnostus bituberculatus, Neoagnostus clavus, Neoagnostus cornuformis, Neoagnostus denticulatus, Neoagnostus felix, Neoagnostus fengzuensis, Neoagnostus greeni, Neoagnostus kyrshabactensis, Neoagnostus longicollis, Neoagnostus occultatus, Neoagnostus ovalis, Neoagnostus pseudoclavus, Neoagnostus quadratiformis, Neoagnostus quasibilobus, Neoagnostus sabulosus, Neoagnostus shiziluensis, Neoagnostus tenuispinus, Neoagnostus tumidus, Pseudorhaptagnostus urceus
Type specimen: UMC 16670a, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Ouachita Mountains collecting locality J, which is in a Furongian deep subtidal shelf grainstone in the Collier Shale Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (11: Arkansas collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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