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''Kymagnostus'' is a genus of
trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...
in the order
Agnostida Agnostida is an order of arthropod which have classically been seen as a group of highly modified trilobites, though some recent research has doubted this placement. Regardless, they appear to be close relatives as part of the Artiopoda. They a ...
, which existed in what is now
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,
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. It was described by Hohensee in 1989, and the type species is ''Kymagnostus harti''.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.


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Agnostidae Fossils of the United States {{agnostida-stub