Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Alternative combinations: Agnostus douvillei, Pseudagnostus douvillei
Synonym: Pseudagnostina contracta Palmer 1962
Belongs to Pseudagnostina according to Pratt 1992
See also Sun 1989
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 levisensis, Litagnostus meniscus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus elix, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus plenus
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (12: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon collections), China (10), United States (25: Alabama, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence
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