Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Alternative combinations: Agnostus gibbus praecurrens, Agnostus praecurrens, Ptychagnostus praecurrens, Triplagnostus praecurrens
Full reference: A. H. Westergård. 1936. Paradoxides oelandicus beds of Öland with the account of a diamond boring through the Cambrian at Mossberga. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning Serie C 294:1-6
Belongs to Pentagnostus according to E. B. Naimark and T. V. Pegel 2017
See also Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008, Laurie 2004 and Westrop et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Pentagnostus (Meragnostus), Pentagnostus admirabilis, Pentagnostus anabarensis, Pentagnostus bonnerensis, Pentagnostus brighamensis, Pentagnostus endemicus, Pentagnostus krusei, Pentagnostus shabaktensis, Pentagnostus shergoldi
Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Amgan of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Delamaran of Canada (25: British Columbia)
• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia), Kazakhstan (2)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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