Agnostus

Agnostus
Temporal range:
Disarticulated cephalons and pygidia of Agnostus pisiformis, from Kinnekulle, Sweden
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita (?)
Order: †Agnostida
Family: †Agnostidae
Genus: †Agnostus
Brongniart, 1822
subgenera
  • Agnostus (Agnostus)
    • type A. pisiformis (Wahlenberg, 1818) synonym Entomostracites pisiformes
  • Agnostus (Homagnostus) (Howell, 1935)
    • type A. (Homagnostus) obesus (Belt, 1867) synonym A. pisiformis var. obesus, Homagnostus obesus

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Agnostus is a genus of agnostid trilobites, belonging to the family Agnostidae, that lived during the late Middle Cambrian – Upper Cambrian (about 506 to 485 million years ago). It is the type genus of the family Agnostidae and is subdivided into two subgenera, Agnostus and Homagnostus.

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