''Distagnostus'' 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 ...

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 ar ...

, which existed in what is now

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. It was described by Shergold in 1972, and the type species is ''Distagnostus ergodes''.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

References

Agnostidae Agnostida genera Trilobites of Australia {{agnostida-stub