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Valenagnostus

Agnostida

Taxonomy
Valenagnostus was named by Jago (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-m Cm uMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1020]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Agnostina by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Condylopygoidea by Naimark and Pegel (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Valenagnostus Jago
2002Valenagnostus Jell and Adrain p. 457
2002Valenagnostus Sepkoski
2017Valenagnostus Naimark and Pegel p. 1239

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
genusValenagnostusJago 1976

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. †Valenagnostus Jago 1976
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Valenagnostus imitans Oepik 1961
Valenagnostus marginata Broegger 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Whittington et al. (1997).g
Created: 2009-06-08 10:17:56
Modified: 2010-01-28 02:10:19
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Undillan to the top of the Boomerangian or 503.00000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India V. imitans (114664)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Grandagnostus imitans (225237 225238)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) V. imitans (69972 69973)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) V. imitans (49173 49176 49177 49178 126314 126315 126316 126317 126324)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan V. imitans (118177 118178 118179 118180 118181 118182 118186)