Mallagnostus

Mallagnostus
Temporal range:
Mallagnostus desideratus, cephalon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita (?)
Order: Agnostida
Family: Weymouthiidae
Genus: Mallagnostus
Howell, 1935
Species
  • M. desideratus (Walcott, 1890b) synonym Agnostus desideratus
  • M. limbatus (Pokrovskaya, 1959) synonym Ladadiscus limbatus
  • M. llarenai (Richter & Richter, 1941)
Synonyms

Ladadiscus Pokrovskaya, 1959

Mallagnostus Howell, 1935, is a trilobite genus belonging to the family Weymouthiidae Kobayashi T. (1943), Order Agnostida Salter (1864) according to Whittington et al. 1997. It lived during the late Lower Cambrian, with remains found in USA (New York), Canada (Newfoundland), Spain, England, Russia (Tuva, Gorno-Altayskaya), Mongolia, and the early Middle Cambrian as reported from China (Tian Shan) and Russia (Yakutia).