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Goniagnostus

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Goniagnostus Howell
1997Goniagnostus Whittington et al. p. 350
2002Goniagnostus Sepkoski

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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
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusGoniagnostusHowell 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. †Goniagnostus Howell 1935
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Subg. †Goniagnostus (Criotypus) Opik 1979
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Criotypus oxytorus Öpik 1979
Goniagnostus fumicola Opik 1961
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Invalid names: Goniagnostus nodibundus Opik 1967 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Goniagnostus paenerugatus Öpik 1979 [synonym]
Goniagnostus nathorsti Brogger 1878
Goniagnostus scarabaeus Whitehouse 1939
Goniagnostus spiniger Westergard 1931
Goniagnostus venustus Zhou and Yang 1977
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
Spines: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Whittington et al. (1997).g
Created: 2009-06-08 09:59:19
Modified: 2009-06-08 11:59:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

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

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India G. sp. (114635)
Taijangian - Guzhangian509.0 - 497.0China (Anhui) G. sp. (127474)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Henan) G. sp. (127073)
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) Criotypus lemniscatus (225224) Criotypus oxytorus, Criotypus lemniscatus, Criotypus paenerugatus (225175) Criotypus paenerugatus (225241)
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Northern Territory) Criotypus sp. (225075)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Sweden (Scania) G. spiniger (225259)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay) G. sp. (10173)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) G. spiniger (125539)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) G. sp. (127074)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) G. longispinus (128922) G. nathorsti (49163 49283 49289 49290 128336 128339 128340) G. scarabaeus (49282) G. sp., G. fumicola (128923)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) G. spiniger (125535 125540 125541 125554 125683 125684)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Hubei) G. nathorsti (130258)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) G. fumicola (128926 128927) G. venustus (128928)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Criotypus lemniscatus (225228 225229) G. nathorsti (225216 225232 225238) G. scarabaeus (225220)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan G. nathorsti (9961 9962 9963 118097 118099) G. nathorsti, G. spiniger (9958) G. spiniger (118102)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) G. fumicola (49178 49179 126310 126312 126313 126314 126315 126316 126317 126318 126321 126322 128929) G. nathorsti (128343 128348) G. spiniger (49168 49169 49176 49301 49303 126287 126304 128351 128354 128356 128359 128361) G. venustus (128930)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) G. nodibundus (125542 125674)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica G. nathorsti (227789)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan G. fumicola (118177 118178 118179 118180 118181 118182 118186) G. spiniger (9950 118158 118164 118165)