Agnostidae

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Agnostidae
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian – Middle Ordovician, 508–460 Ma
File:Agnostus-pisiformis.png
Agnostus pisiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita (?)
Order: Agnostida
Suborder: Agnostina
Superfamily: Agnostoidea
Family: Agnostidae
McCoy, 1849
Synonyms

Micragnostidae Howell, 1935, Glyptagnostidae Whitehouse, 1936, Rudagnostidae Lermontova, 1951

Agnostidae is a family of Agnostida trilobites. Like all Agnostina, they were eyeless and had only two thoracic segments. These trilobites inhabited benthic waters worldwide from 508 to 461 million years ago. The family includes the following genera, among others:[1][2]

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