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Cotalagnostus lens

Agnostida - Spinagnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus lens was named by Grönwall (1902). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Cotalagnostus.

It was recombined as Cotalagnostus lens by Landing et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Agnostus lens Grönwall
2008Cotalagnostus lens Landing et al. p. 892

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familySpinagnostidaeHowell 1935
genusCotalagnostusWhitehouse 1936
specieslens(Grönwall 1902)

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.

†Cotalagnostus lens Grönwall 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:46:29
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:46:29
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Menevian to the top of the Ayusokkanian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Alaska) Cotalagnostus lens (64766)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0United Kingdom (Shropshire) Agnostus rotundus, Agnostus lens (55509)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5United Kingdom (Wales) Cotalagnostus lens (193782 193783)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Cotalagnostus lens (118179 118186 118191)