Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Alternative combination: Pseudagnostus elix
Belongs to Rhaptagnostus according to Shergold 1977
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 meniscus, Litagnostus levisensis, Rhaptagnostus langyashanensis, Rhaptagnostus simplex, Rhaptagnostus changshanensis, Rhaptagnostus auctor, Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis, Rhaptagnostus obsoletus, Rhaptagnostus ciliensis, Rhaptagnostus apsis, Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis, Rhaptagnostus pseudoconvergens, Rhaptagnostus convexiformis, Rhaptagnostus gunnari, Rhaptagnostus plenus, Rhaptagnostus bifax, Rhaptagnostus heteromorphus, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) dubius, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) hunanensis, Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) rugosus, Pseudagnostina douvillei
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Australia (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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