Agnostotes Explained

Agnostotes is a genus of artiopodan arthropod in the family Diplagnostidae of the order Agnostida.^{[1] [2]} It was a widely distributed genus.^[3]

Use in stratigraphy

The base of the Jiangshanian stage is the FAD of A. orientalis.^{[4] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: AGNOSTIDA FACT SHEET . trilobites.info.
2. Web site: Agnostotes . www.Fossilworks.org.
3. Web site: Peng . Schanchi . Babcock . Loren E. . Two Cambrian agnostoid trilobites, Agnostotes orientalis (Kobayashi, 1935) and Lotagnostus americanus (Billings, 1860): Key species for defining global stages of the Cambrian System .
4. Web site: GSSP for Jiangshanian Stage .