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Homagnostus obesus

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus (Homagnostus) obesus was named by Belt (1867).

It was recombined as Homagnostus obesus by Ergaliev and Ergaliev (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. pater, H. pisiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Agnostus (Homagnostus) obesus Belt
2008Homagnostus obesus Ergaliev and Ergaliev

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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
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusHomagnostusHowell 1935
speciesobesus(Belt 1867)

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.

†Homagnostus obesus Belt 1867
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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
Created: 2009-02-25 10:33:58
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:33:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maentwrogian to the top of the Sakian or 497.00000 to 492.80000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway Agnostus obesus (194054 194057)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Østerdalen) Agnostus obesus (194090)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Sandsvær ) Agnostus obesus (194055 194056)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Skien-Langesund) Agnostus obesus (194053)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Ringsaker) Agnostus obesus (194086 194087 194088)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Valdres-Vardal) Agnostus obesus (194063 194064 194065)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Ringerike) Agnostus obesus (194062)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Agnostus obesus (194058)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Oslo-Asker) Agnostus obesus (194060 194061)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4South Korea Homagnostus obesus (133443 133444 133445 133446 133447 133448 133449 133450 133451 133452 133453 133454 133457 133458)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8Sweden Agnostus obesus (9890)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Sweden (Västra Götaland) Homagnostus obesus (133667 133669)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Homagnostus obesus (127446 127448)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Homagnostus obesus (75268 75269 75270)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Homagnostus obesus (118254 118258 118263 118264 118305 118312 118313 118326 118327 118329 118336)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Homagnostus obesus (55224 55231 55277 55280)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Homagnostus obesus (7194 7195)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4South Korea Homagnostus obesus (74269)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (California) Homagnostus obesus (226276)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) Homagnostus obesus (54077 54084)