Agnostus

Agnostus

Taxobox
name = Agnostus
fossil_range = fossil range|Early Cambrian|Early Silurian


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Trilobita
ordo = Agnostida
familia = Agnostidae
genus = Agnostus
genus_authority = Brongniart 1822

Agnostus is a genus of trilobites that lived approximately 540 to 438 million years ago. The agnostids were small ("Agnostus" measuring only 6 millimeters), with two thoracic segments and a large tail.


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