Glyptagnostus reticulatus Temporal range:
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Glyptagnostus reticulatus cephalon | |
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Glyptagnostus reticulatus pygidium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita (?) |
Order: | †Agnostida |
Family: | †Glyptagnostidae |
Genus: | †Glyptagnostus |
Species: | †G. reticulatus
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†Glyptagnostus reticulatus (Angelin, 1851)
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Glyptagnostus reticulatus is a species of agnostid trilobite belonging to the genus Glyptagnostus. It existed during the Paibian Age (497 million years ago) of the Cambrian. It has a cosmopolitan distribution and is an important index fossil in biostratigraphy. It was characterized by an unusual net-like pattern of furrows on both the cephalon and the pygidium.