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Agnostogonus

Agnostida

Taxonomy
Agnostogonus was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Agnostina by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Agnostogonus Opik
2002Agnostogonus Jell and Adrain p. 338
2002Agnostogonus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
genusAgnostogonusOpik 1967

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. †Agnostogonus Opik 1967
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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: blindg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Whittington et al. (1997).g
Created: 2009-06-08 09:04:41
Modified: 2010-01-28 02:22:17
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Ayusokkanian to the top of the Dresbachian or 499.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) A. incognitus (49182 49185 49186 49187 126443 126444)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan A. incognitus (118191 118238)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) A. incognitus (7182 7183 7184 7188 7190 7199 7404 8023)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) A. incognitus (8076)