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Gallagnostus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy
Gallagnostus was named by Howell (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phalacrominae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); and to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
G. bolivianus
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. geminus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Gallagnostus Howell
1957Gallagnostus Harrington and Leanza
2002Gallagnostus 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
superfamilyAgnostoideaM'Coy 1849
familyPeronopsidaeWestergard 1936
subfamilyPhalacrominaeRaymond 1913
genusGallagnostusHowell 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. †Gallagnostus Howell 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Ontogeny: accretion, moltingsuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-28 00:21:02
Modified: 2010-01-28 02:21:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy 2009, Robison 1994, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Tremadoc or 506.50000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0France (Alsace) G. geminus (64523)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) G. bolivianus (9093)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) G. bolivianus (115783 115804 115807 115979 116020)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (La Rioja) G. bolivianus (116139)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina G. sp. (8866 9021)