Grandagnostus, Largest Known Agnostid Trilobite

Grandagnostus sp

Trilobites Order Agnostida, Family Agnostoidea

Geologic Time: Middle Cambrian

Size: 13 mm in length

Fossil Site: Upper Fauna, Cassis or Agra Zone, Christmas Hills, Smithton, Tasmania

Grandagnostus Agnostid TrilobiteGrandagnostus is the world's largest known Agnostid trilobite.. The meaning of the genus name, Grandagnostus, is pretty self evident. It is a positive and negative specimen that of a fully mature adult with excellent preservation.

RGP120609

Trilobites Family Album