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Galbagnostus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Metagnostidae

Taxonomy
Galbagnostus was named by Whittington (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llvi-l].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Galbagnostus Whittington p. 304
1997Galbagnostus Whittington et al. p. 375
2002Galbagnostus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyMetagnostidaeJaekel 1909
genusGalbagnostus

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. †Galbagnostus Whittington 1965
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Galbagnostus galba Billings 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:55:50
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:35:35
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Llanvirn or 483.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) G. sp. (208321 208328)
Stairsian - Whiterockian483.4 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Trinodus valmyensis (281)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Russian Federation G. nericiensis (169221)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) G. valmyensis (157172 157175 157184 157185 157186)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) G. galba (104861) Trinodus galba (104800 104805 104807)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) G. galba (104862) Trinodus galba (104813 104817)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Ireland G. sp. (381)