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Lotagnostus (Distagnostus) ergodes

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Distagnostus ergodes was named by Shergold (1971). Its type specimen is CPC 9667, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gola Beds B752, which is in a Franconian/Trempealeauan marine grainstone/lime mudstone in the Gola Beds Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Trilobagnostus ergodes by Lu and Lin (1989), Lu and Lin (1989); it was recombined as Lotagnostus (Distagnostus) ergodes by Shergold et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Distagnostus ergodes Shergold p. 18 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 3
1989Trilobagnostus ergodes Lu and Lin
1990Lotagnostus (Distagnostus) ergodes Shergold et al. p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusLotagnostusWhitehouse 1936
subgenusDistagnostus()
speciesergodes()

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.

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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: 2009-02-25 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 Iverian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 494.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 486.85Australia (Queensland) Distagnostus ergodes (type locality: 198280)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Distagnostus ergodes (198279)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) Trilobagnostus ergodes (125702)