Diplagnostus planicauda Angelin 1851 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Alternative combination: Agnostus planicauda

Synonyms: Diplagnostus qinlingensis Yang et al. 1993, Diplagnostus zhexiensis Lu and Lin 1989

Belongs to Diplagnostus according to P. A. Jell and N. C. Hughes 1997

See also Lu and Lin 1989, Peng et al. 2009, Peng and Robison 2000 and Yang et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Diplagnostus floralis, Diplagnostus pseudofloralis, Diplagnostus pyriformis

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Argentina (1 collection), China (27), Denmark (2), Greenland (1), India (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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