Pentagnostus

Pentagnostus
Temporal range:
Pentagnostus brighamensis, 6mm, Spence Formation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita (?)
Order: Agnostida
Family: Peronopsidae
Genus: Pentagnostus
Lermontova, 1940
Subgenera
  • Pentagnostus (Pentagnostus)
  • Pentagnostus (Meragnostus) Naimark, 2012

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Pentagnostus is a genus of small, blind, agnostid trilobites restricted to the Middle Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Siberia, Australia, North America, Scandinavia, and Kazakhstan.