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Sphaeragnostus

Agnostida - Sphaeragnostidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeragnostus was named by Cooper and Kindle (1936). Its type is Agnostus similaris.

It was assigned to Sphaeragnostidae by Ahlberg (1989) and Whittington et al. (1997); and to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Sphaeragnostus Cooper and Kindle
1989Sphaeragnostus Ahlberg
1997Sphaeragnostus Whittington et al. p. 382
2002Sphaeragnostus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
familySphaeragnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusSphaeragnostusCooper and Kindle 1936

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. †Sphaeragnostus Cooper and Kindle 1936
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Sphaeragnostus gaspensis Cooper and Kindle 1936
Sphaeragnostus similaris Barrande 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available