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''Obelagnostus'' 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
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. It was described by Shergold and Webers in 1992, and the type species is ''Obelagnostus imitor''.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.


References

Agnostidae Trilobites of Antarctica {{agnostida-stub