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Geragnostella

Agnostida - Metagnostidae

Taxonomy
Geragnostella was named by Kobayashi (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1075]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Geragnostella Kobayashi
1997Geragnostella Whittington et al. p. 375
2002Geragnostella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyMetagnostidaeJaekel 1909
genusGeragnostellaKobayashi 1939

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. †Geragnostella Kobayashi 1939
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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: blindf
Created: 2009-06-08 09:43:32
Modified: 2009-06-08 11:43:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Sandbian or 486.50000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) G. sp. (20829 20832 76571 76572)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) G. sp. (20898)
Liben - Late/Upper Llandeilo460.9 - 458.4Czech Republic G. sp. (237966)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Czech Republic G. sp. (3856)
Bohdalec457.5 - 445.2Czech Republic G. sp. (238012)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician457.5 - 443.8Czech Republic G. sp. (3866)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hunan and Hubei) G. sp. (7714)