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Geragnostus crassus

Agnostida - Metagnostidae

Taxonomy
Geragnostus crassus was named by Tjernvik (1956) [= 1905 Agnastus glabratus ANGELIN var. ingricus F. S cHMIDT.-WIMAN, Ein Shumardiaschiefer, p . 1 3 , pi. r , figs . 23, 24.]. Its type specimen is PU no. Vg 279, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hunneberg Group Limestone Biota, Vastergotland, which is in a Tremadocian/Floian deep subtidal shelf limestone in Sweden.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Geragnostus crassus Tjernvik pp. 190 - 191 figs. PI. I , figs. 7 , 8 . Text-fig. 27B

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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
familyMetagnostidaeJaekel 1909
genusGeragnostusHowell 1935
speciescrassus

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.

†Geragnostus crassus Tjernvik 1956
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Diagnosis
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