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Clavagnostus spinosus

Agnostida - Clavagnostidae

Taxonomy
Tomorhachis spinosa was named by Resser (1938). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Clavagnostus spinosus by Peng and Robison (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Tomorhachis spinosa Resser
1946Clavagnostus sulcatus Westergard
1982Acanthagnostus longispinus Qian
1989Clavagnostus longispinus Sun
2000Clavagnostus spinosus Peng and Robison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyClavagnostidaeHowell 1937
subfamilyClavagnostinaeHowell 1937
genusClavagnostusHowell 1937
speciesspinosus(Resser 1938)

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.

Clavagnostus spinosus Resser 1938
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Invalid names: Clavagnostus longispinus Qian 1982 [synonym], Clavagnostus sulcatus Westergard 1946 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:45:14
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:45:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Ayusokkanian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Clavagnostus spinosus (230681)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) Clavagnostus spinosus (219647)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Clavagnostus sulcatus (128931)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) Acanthagnostus longispinus (124885) Clavagnostus longispinus (126818)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Clavagnostus spinosus (118177 118178 118184 118191 118236 118237 118241)