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Agnostus

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Agnostus Brongniart
1925Agnostus Raymond p. 4
1927Battus Dalman
1958Agnostus Henningsmoen
1980Acutatagnostus Ergaliev
1997Agnostus Whittington et al. p. 339
2002Agnostus Jell and Adrain p. 338
2002Acutatognostus Sepkoski
2002Agnostus Sepkoski
2008Acutatagnostus 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
genusAgnostusBrongniart 1822

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. †Agnostus Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Agnostus (Agnostus) Wahlenberg 1818
Subg. †Agnostus (Homagnostus) Howell 1935
Agnostus artilimbatus Opik 1967
Agnostus babcocki Peng and Robison 2000
Agnostus bibullatus Barrande 1852
Agnostus bidens Meek 1873
Agnostus gladiator Clark 1923
Agnostus innocens Clark 1923
Agnostus interstricta White 1874
Agnostus neglectus Westergard 1946
Agnostus neon Hall and Whitfield 1877
Agnostus nudus Beyrich 1845
Agnostus orion Billings 1860
Agnostus pisiformis Wahlenberg 1818
Agnostus princeps Salter 1864
Agnostus rex Barrande 1852
Agnostus tardus Barrande 1846
Agnostus valentinus Lochman 1944
Invalid names: Acutatagnostus Ergaliev 1980 [synonym], Battus Dalman 1927 [objective synonym]
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
Comments: Nektonic, swimming (McKerrow, 1979).g
Created: 2009-02-25 10:39:10
Modified: 2018-11-10 16:54:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Tremadoc or 515.30000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Eiker) A. pisiformis (194039 194041)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Skien-Langesund) A. pisiformis (194035)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Ringerike) A. pisiformis (194043 194044)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Valdres-Vardal) A. pisiformis (194051)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Hedmark) A. pisiformis (194045)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Brevik-Skien) A. pisiformis (194036)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Ringsaker) A. pisiformis (194047 194048 194049 194050)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway A. pisiformis (194038)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Østerdalen) A. pisiformis (194052)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Hamar) A. pisiformis (194046)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Oslo-Asker) A. pisiformis (194042)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær ) A. pisiformis (194037)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) A. pisiformis (194040)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) A. sp. (231)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) A. sp. (11115 11116)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) A. sp. (207)
Solvan - Menevian510.2 - 499.5Czech Republic A. sp. (73529)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hunan) A. babcocki (49149 49151)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Argentina (Mendoza) A. microcephalus (9811)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Greenland A. exsulatus (10484)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) A. sp. (216)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) A. angustus (10175)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) A. neglectus (10572)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Canada (Yukon) A. exsulatus (9874)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) A. exsulatus (49482 49486 49488)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) A. sp. (232932)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) A. exsulatus (49453 49483)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan A. artilimbatus (9958 9962 118097)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) A. sp. (219647)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) A. sp. (126763)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica A. artilimbatus (227789)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) A. amplinatis (107050)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Sweden (Västra Götaland) A. pisiformis (133666)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Innitagnostus neglectus (127068)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan A. artilimbatus (118158 118165) A. pisiformis (118182)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Acutatagnostus chinensis (126687)
Nganasanian497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) A. valentinus (131065)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Sweden (Västra Götaland) A. pisiformis (133667)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) A. sp. (64493)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Acutatagnostus acutatus (118328 118332) Acutatagnostus punctatus (118330) Acutatagnostus sp., Acutatagnostus acutatus (118310) Acutatagnostus sp., Acutatagnostus acutatus, Acutatagnostus punctatus (118305 118312 118313 118326 118327 118329) A. artilimbatus (118252 118253 118254 118258 118260)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) A. exsulatus (55211 55213 55215)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4China (Hunan) A. medius (124978)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Poland A. pseudobesus (72275)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.7Poland A. pseudobesus (72274)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) A. orion (224133 224136)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7United Kingdom (Wales) A. sp. (280)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0USA (Nevada) A. sp. (77186)