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Mallagnostus

Agnostida - Weymouthiidae

Taxonomy
Mallagnostus was named by Howell (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm, Boto, Cm, Tojo]. It is not extant. Its type is Agnostus desideratus.

It was assigned to Weymouthiidae by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Mallagnostus Howell
1959Ladadiscus Pokrovskaya
1979Ladadiscus Osadchaya et al.
1985Jinghediscus Xiang and Zhang
1997Mallagnostus Whittington et al. p. 396
2002Jinghediscus Sepkoski
2002Mallagnostus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyWeymouthiidaeKobayashi 1943
genusMallagnostusHowell 1935

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mallagnostus Howell 1935
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Mallagnostus desideratus Walcott 1890
Mallagnostus llarenai Richter 1941
Invalid names: Jinghediscus Xiang and Zhang 1985 [synonym], Ladadiscus Pokrovskaya 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available