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Utagnostus

Agnostida - Clavagnostidae

Taxonomy
Utagnostus was named by Robinson (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-m Cm uMid-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Utagnostus trispinulus.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Utagnostus Robinson
1997Utagnostus Whittington et al. p. 373
2002Utagnostus 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
familyClavagnostidaeHowell 1937
genusUtagnostusRobinson 1964

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. †Utagnostus Robinson 1964
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Utagnostus neglectus Jago 1976
Utagnostus songae Peng and Robison 2000
Utagnostus trispinulus Robison 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:16:37
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:16:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Zhanaarykian to the top of the Dresbachian or 503.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India U. neglectus (114665)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5USA (Utah) U. songae (230679)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) U. trispinulus (10572)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) U. songae (49161) U. trispinulus (49283)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan U. trispinulus (9958 9962 118097 118099)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica U. sp. (227789)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) U. neglectus (128346 128347 128351)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) U. trispinulus (9701)