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Leiagnostus

Agnostida

Taxonomy
Leiagnostus was named by Jaekel (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phalacrominae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Agnostidae by Bao and Jago (2000); to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Condylopygoidea by Naimark and Pegel (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Leiagnostus Jaekel p. 401
1937Ciceragnostus Kobayashi
1957Ciceragnostus Harrington and Leanza
1957Leiagnostus Harrington and Leanza
1978Phoidagnostoides Pillet
2000Leiagnostus Bao and Jago pp. 887, 888
2002Ciceragnostus Sepkoski
2002Leiagnostus Sepkoski
2017Leiagnostus Naimark and Pegel p. 1239

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
genusLeiagnostusJaekel 1909

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. †Leiagnostus Jaekel 1909
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Leiagnostus inletensis Bao and Jago 2000
Leiagnostus perinflatus Harrington and Leanza 1957
Leiagnostus turgidulus Harrington and Leanza 1957
Invalid names: Ciceragnostus Kobayashi 1937 [synonym], Phoidagnostoides Pillet 1978 [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
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: 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 08:41:54
Modified: 2009-06-08 10:41:54
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Dobrotivian or 500.50000 to 457.90000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) L. thorali (198927)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) Ciceragnostus sp. (10060 10062)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Ciceragnostus sp. (125674)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina L. turgidulus (223798)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) L. miqueli (203915)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 485.4Kazakhstan L. sp. (118900 118910)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) L. bexelli (107332 107335 126679 126680 126728 126730)
Payntonian - Datsonian489.5 - 485.4Australia (Tasmania) L. inletensis (62275 62278 62280 62281)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Argentina (La Rioja) L. perinflatus (116138)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (3663)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) L. turgidulus (9087)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Ciceragnostus iruyensis (115764 115987) L. sp. (116003) L. turgidulus (115757 115767)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic L. franconicus (3837)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina Ciceragnostus sp. (8897)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Spain (Zaragoza) L. sp. (21074)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) L. sp., Phoidagnostoides sp. (20829 76571)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) L. sp. (7759)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Sweden L. sp. (3195)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (3704)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden L. sp. (192904)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) L. sp. (20898)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic L. sp. (3857)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic L. sp. (3859)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Xinjiang) L. bohemicus (188343)