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Lotagnostus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Lotagnostus was named by Whitehouse (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Agnostidae by Whittington et al. (1997), Bao and Jago (2000); and to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Lotagnostus Whitehouse
1997Lotagnostus Whittington et al. p. 341
2000Lotagnostus Bao and Jago pp. 887, 888
2002Lotagnostus 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
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusLotagnostusWhitehouse 1936

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. †Lotagnostus Whitehouse 1936
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Subg. †Lotagnostus (Eolotagnostus) Zhou 1982
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†Lotagnostus (Eolotagnostus) cristus Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
†Lotagnostus (Eolotagnostus) pseudohedini Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
†Lotagnostus agnostiformis Apollonov and Tschugaeva 1983
†Lotagnostus americanus Billings 1860
†Lotagnostus asiaticus Troedsson 1937
†Lotagnostus atenuatus Rusconi 1955
†Lotagnostus extremus Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
†Lotagnostus hedini Troedsson 1937
†Lotagnostus obscurus Palmer 1955
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: 2009-02-25 10:37:28
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:37:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Tremadocian or 500.50000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Liaoning) L. sp. (126764)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 493.6United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (238)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) L. sp. (252)
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 486.85Australia (Queensland) Distagnostus ergodes (198280)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina L. shergoldi (115455) L. sp. (223798 235392)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (Jujuy) L. shergoldi (115422 115425 115426 115427 115429 115430 115431 115433 115434 115436 115440) L. shergoldi, L. llamaensis (115432)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (Salta) L. sp. (199753)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (La Rioja) L. sp. (42518)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) L. hedini (6870 6871)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) L. agnostiformis (133609 133610 133620)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) L. celatus (126719 126722) L. decorus (126716) L. scrobicularis (107326 126717)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) Eolotagnostus sp. (128301 128306)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean495.2 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) L. punctatus (125522 125523 125524 125669 125693) L. punctatus, L. asiaticus (125525 125526 125566 125567 125668)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Distagnostus ergodes (198279)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. hedini (81269)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Quebec) Agnostus americanus (56819)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Argentina (Mendoza) L. peladensis (9934)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Argentina L. peladensis (235993)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan L. extremus (118465 118467) L. extremus, L. scrobicularis (118885) L. extremus, L. scrobicularis, L. pseudohedini, L. cristus, L. agnostiformis (118487) L. obscurus (118382 118385 118386 118387 118388) L. scrobicularis (118485) L. scrobicularis, L. cristus (118878) L. scrobicularis, L. pseudohedini, L. agnostiformis (118876 118881) L. scrobicularis, L. pseudohedini, L. cristus, L. agnostiformis (118481 118486 118872)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 486.85Kazakhstan L. scrobicularis (118892)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) L. punctatus (107328 126671 126672 126673 126675 126677 126723) L. punctatus, L. celatus (126724)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) L. agnostiformis, L. americanus (133621 133624) L. americanus (133625 133626) L. sp., L. agnostiformis, L. americanus (133622 133623) L. sp., L. americanus (133627)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) L. hedini (125670 125706 125707 125709) L. punctatus (125701 125703) Trilobagnostus ergodes (125702)
Payntonian - Datsonian491.0 - 486.85Australia (Tasmania) L. trisectus (62278 62280 62281)
Stage 10491.0 - 486.85Argentina (Mendoza) L. atenuatus (210850)
Stage 10491.0 - 486.85Argentina L. shergoldi (115451 115452)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Argentina (Mendoza) L. peladensis (9931) L. peladensis, L. lasherensis (9812)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) L. americanus (55307)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Agnostus americanus (224136 224139)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) L. trisectus (75438)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. hedini, L. americanus (81289)