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Spinagnostidae

Agnostida - Spinagnostidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Spinagnostidae Howell p. 218
1953Hypagnostidae Ivshin
1997Spinagnostidae Whittington et al. p. 355
2004Hypagnostidae Paterson and Laurie p. 95
2008Spinagnostiidae Landing et al. p. 892
2009Hypagnostoidae Pour and Popov
2017Spinagnostidae Naimark and Pegel p. 1202

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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
familySpinagnostidaeHowell 1935
familySpinagnostidaeHowell 1935

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.

Fm. †Spinagnostidae Howell 1935
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G. †Cotalagnostus Whitehouse 1936
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†Cotalagnostus lens Grönwall 1902
G. †Doryagnostus Kobayashi 1939
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†Doryagnostus incertus Brögger 1878
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Invalid names: Doryagnostus magister Whitehouse 1939 [synonym]
†Doryagnostus solidus Opik 1979
†Doryagnostus wasatchensis Robison 1978
Invalid names: Ceratagnostus Whitehouse 1939 [synonym], Rhodotypiscus Opik 1979 [synonym]
G. †Eoagnostus Resser and Howell 1938
G. †Pseudoperonopsis Harrington 1938
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†Pseudoperonopsis bifidus Hajrullina 1975
†Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
G. †Raragnostus Khairullina 1975
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†Raragnostus mirus Hajrullina 1975
Subfm. †Spinagnostinae Howell 1935
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G. †Hypagnostus Jaeckel 1909
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†Hypagnostus anhuiensis Lu and Zhu 1980
†Hypagnostus bilobatus Qian and Zhou 1984
†Hypagnostus brevifrons Angelin 1851
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Invalid names: Acadagnostus transversus Yang et al. 1993 [synonym], Hypagnostus brachydolonus Zhou and Yang 1977 [synonym], Hypagnostus kendectasicus Kryskov 1960 [synonym], Hypagnostus parabrevifrons Yang et al. 1993 [synonym]
†Hypagnostus gibber Yang et al. 1993
†Hypagnostus parvifrons Linnarsson 1869
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Invalid names: Hypagnostus correctus Opik 1967 [synonym], Hypagnostus dabashanensis Yang et al. 1993 [synonym]
†Hypagnostus prodigialis Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
†Hypagnostus scrobiculatus Westergard 1946
†Hypagnostus transversus Yang et al. 1993
†Hypagnostus truncatus Brogger 1878
†Hypagnostus vulgarus Qian and Qiu 1983
Invalid names: Breviagnostus Liu 1982 [synonym], Cyclopagnostus Howell 1937 [synonym], Spinagnostus Howell 1935 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hypagnostidae Ivshin 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:46:29
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:46:29
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Aksaian or 515.30000 to 491.50000 Ma

Collections (379 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (New York) Eoagnostus acrorhachis (8234)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5USA (Utah) Doryagnostus wasatchensis (225065 225070)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Kyrgyzstan Pseudoperonopsis bifidus (225166 225182)
Solvan - Menevian510.2 - 499.5Czech Republic Hypagnostus umbonatus (73557)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hunan) Hypagnostus parvifrons (49149 49156 49159 49270)
Arcadian509.0 - 498.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hypagnostus parvifrons (9635)
Arcadian509.0 - 498.4Canada (New Brunswick) Hypagnostus parvifrons (64540)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Jince) Doryagnostus vinicensis (76481) Hypagnostus parvifrons (76482)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Argentina (Mendoza) Hypagnostus parvifrons (9816) Tomagnostella exsculpta (9811 9813)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hypagnostus parvifrons (9679)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Pseudoperonopsis sallesi (198927)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Alaska) Cotalagnostus lens (64766)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Litavka) Hypagnostus sp. (76455)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Hypagnostus parvifrons (77275)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India Tomagnostella exsculpta (114663) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons (114665)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Kyrgyzstan Raragnostus mirus (116223)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Norway Hypagnostus parvifrons (155476 155477 155478)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0United Kingdom (Shropshire) Agnostus parvifrons, Agnostus rotundus, Agnostus lens (55509)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Greenland Doryagnostus vinicensis (10478)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Hypagnostus parvifrons (122017 122072)
Taijangian - Guzhangian509.0 - 497.0China (Anhui) Hypagnostus sp. 1, Hypagnostus sp. 2, Hypagnostus anhuiensis (127474)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Shandong) Hypagnostus parvifrons (126900 126901)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Hypagnostus parvifrons (127061 127062)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Henan) Doryagnostus incertus (127073)
Tuesaian505.3 - 503.0Kazakhstan Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis (118087 118089 118090)
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Northern Territory) Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225075)
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) Doryagnostus deltoides, Hypagnostus sp. (225072) Hypagnostus parvifrons (225241) Hypagnostus sp. indet. (225175) Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225076 225224)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Doryagnostus notalibrae, Hypagnostus inaequalis, Pseudoperonopsis ancisa, Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225217)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica Hypagnostus subparallelus (69505)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Sweden (Scania) Hypagnostus denticulatus (225259)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation Hypagnostus breviceps, Hypagnostus sulcifer (10118)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) Hypagnostus sulcifer (10060 10062)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Kazakhstan Hypagnostus sp. (10030)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) Tomagnostella exsculpta (49484 49486 49488)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Hypagnostus brevifrons (230681) Tomagnostella exsculpta (10572)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5United Kingdom (Wales) Cotalagnostus lens (193782) Pseudoperonopsis sp., Cotalagnostus lens (193783)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Sweden (Scania) Hypagnostus nepos, Doryagnostus incertus (225250)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Denmark (Bornholm) Hypagnostus parvifrons (75946)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (South Carolina) Hypagnostus mammillatus (75063)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Cotalagnostus new species, Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Doryagnostus incertus (230679) Cotalagnostus sp., Hypagnostus parvifrons (77271) Hypagnostus parvifrons (230682) Pseudoperonopsis sp., Hypagnostus parvifrons (77206 77207)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) Tomagnostella exsculpta (49433 49434 49435 49453 49481 49483)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (New York) Hypagnostus sp. (221)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hypagnostus lens (9680) Hypagnostus parvifrons (9632 9636 9637 9639 9641 9643 9644 9668 9669 9671 9673 9678 9681)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Hypagnostus hunanicus, Tomagnostella jiangshanensis (125532)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) Hypagnostus bilobatus (127386)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Hypagnostus brevifrons (49290 49291 128316 128317 128318 128319 128340) Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus parvifrons (49162 128313 128341) Hypagnostus sp. 1, Hypagnostus hunanicus (128922) Hypagnostus sp., Hypagnostus correctus, Hypagnostus hunanicus (128923) Tomagnostella exsculpta (49285) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Doryagnostus incertus (49274) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons (128336) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus parvifrons (49161 49163 49164 49165 128337) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus parvifrons (49282 49283 49284 49287 49288 49289 128339)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Hypagnostus vulgarus, Hypagnostus transversus (127075)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Cotalagnostus lens, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Hypagnostus vulgarus (127065) Doryagnostus incertus (127063) Hypagnostus parvifrons, Doryagnostus incertus (127064)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Cotalagnostus confusus, Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus correctus, Hypagnostus parabrevifrons (127067) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons, Acadagnostus transversus (127066)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Hypagnostus correctus (125535 125540) Hypagnostus hunanicus (125554) Hypagnostus sp., Tomagnostella sp., Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus correctus, Tomagnostella jiangshanensis (125541)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Hypagnostus vulgarus, Hypagnostus transversus (127076)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queeland) Hypagnostus sp. indet. (225234)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Doryagnostus indet., Hypagnostus sp. indet., Pseudoperonopsis indet. (225216) Doryagnostus magister (225243) Doryagnostus notalibrae, Pseudoperonopsis insolita, Pseudoperonopsis perplexa (225221) Doryagnostus notalibrae, Pseudoperonopsis perplexa (225238) Hypagnostus clipeus, Pseudoperonopsis indet., Doryagnostus magister (225233) Hypagnostus clipeus, Pseudoperonopsis perplexa, Doryagnostus magister (225220) Hypagnostus melicus, Doryagnostus magister (225242) Hypagnostus melicus, Pseudoperonopsis perplexa, Doryagnostus solidus (225223) Hypagnostus sp. (225229) Pseudoperonopsis ancisa, Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225227) Pseudoperonopsis iniugata, Doryagnostus magister (225219) Pseudoperonopsis iniugata, Pseudoperonopsis perplexa, Doryagnostus magister (225222) Pseudoperonopsis perplexa (225237 225245) Pseudoperonopsis perplexa, Doryagnostus magister (225244) Pseudoperonopsis perplexa, Tomagnostella nepos, Doryagnostus magister (225232) Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225226 225228)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons (118099) Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Doryagnostus solidus (118095) Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera (118096) Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera, Doryagnostus solidus (9964) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera, Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis (9958 118102) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera, Doryagnostus solidus (9963) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera, Doryagnostus solidus, Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis (118097) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus truncatus, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera, Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis (9961 9962)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Queenslandd) Hypagnostus hippalus, Hypagnostus sp. F (225252)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Tomagnostella sp. (125544 125555) Tomagnostella tianmashanensis (125673)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Hypagnostus brevifrons (227789)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Hypagnostus vulgarus, Hypagnostus gibber (127077)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Hypagnostus brachydolonus, Hypagnostus kendectasicus (128932) Hypagnostus brevifrons (49168 49170 49172 49178 49295 126304 126308 126314 126315 126316 126317 126318 126320 126322 126327 128343 128353 128354 128355 128361 128364 128365) Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus parvifrons (49166 49173 49177 128347) Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera (49176) Hypagnostus brevifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera (126323 128359) Hypagnostus brevifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera, Peratagnostus obsoletus (126440 126443) Hypagnostus parvifrons (49169 49174 49180 49303 126287 126303 128344 128362) Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera (49175) Hypagnostus sp., Tomagnostella rara (128931) Peratagnostus obsoletus (49185 49186 49187 49188 49189 49190 107050 126325 126328) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons (128350 128351 128352) Tomagnostella rara, Phalacroma sinicum, Hypagnostus brachydolonus (128933) Tomagnostella sulcifera (126330 126346 126439 126444 128929)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Hypagnostus correctus (127068 127070) Hypagnostus dabashanensis (127069)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) Hypagnostus correctiformis, Hypagnostus durus (10064)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Cotalagnostus lens (118179 118191) Cotalagnostus lens, Tomagnostella exsculpta, Tomagnostella sulcifera (118186) Hypagnostus prodigialis (118242) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Hypagnostus scrobiculatus, Tomagnostella sulcifera, Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis (118177) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Hypagnostus brevifrons, Hypagnostus parvifrons, Tomagnostella sulcifera (9943 9944 9945 9947 9950 118158 118164 118165 118166 118168) Tomagnostella exsculpta, Tomagnostella sulcifera (118180 118181 118184)
Mindyallan - Idamean499.0 - 494.0Australia (Victoria) Peratagnostus invalidus (64043) Tomagnostella sp. (64047)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4South Korea Peratagnostus orientalis (133474 133475 133476 133477 133478 133481 133483 133484 133485 133488 133490 133491 133492 133513 133519 133520 133521)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Peratagnostus controversus, Peratagnostus invalidus (126688) Peratagnostus hillardensis (126659) Peratagnostus invalidus (126687) Peratagnostus sinicus (126686)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Peratagnostus orientalis (133594 133601 133602 133603)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Zhejiang) Peratagnostus obsoletus (128290 128291 128298 128301) Tomagnostella orientalis (128294 128305 128307 128309) Tomagnostella orientalis, Peratagnostus obsoletus (128303 128304 128306)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8South Korea Peratagnostus sp. (7890)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) Peratagnostus obsoletus (49191 49192 49193 49194 49195 49196 107051 107053 107054 126130 126132 126133 126147 126148 126149 126282 126285 126286) Peratagnostus sinicus (126650 126651 126652 126654 126656 126684) Peratagnostus sinicus, Peratagnostus invalidus (126685)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Peratagnostus orientalis (133589 133590)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Zhejiang) Peratagnostus obsoletus (128285) Tomagnostella invalida (125563) Tomagnostella invalida, Peratagnostus zhejiangensis (125677) Tomagnostella orientalis, Peratagnostus obsoletus (128286 128289) Tomagnostella sp., Peratagnostus distinctus (125560)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Peratagnostus sp. (132502)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Peratagnostus nobilis (118254) Peratagnostus nobilis, Peratagnostus obsoletus (118260 118264) Peratagnostus obsoletus (118263 118328 118332) Peratagnostus obsoletus, Peratagnostus orientalis (118305 118310 118312 118313 118326) Peratagnostus obsoletus, Peratagnostus orientalis, Tomagnostella tenuis (118327) Peratagnostus orientalis (118329 118331 118334 118337 118341 118342 118344 118345 118346 118348 118367 118369 118370 118372 118373 118375 118376 118380) Tomagnostella tenuis (122763)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Alaska) Hypagnostus sp. (64796)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Peratagnostus nobilis (55224 55225 55226) Tomagnostella exsculpta (55210 55211)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hypagnostus parvifrons (9701 9702 9703)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Peratagnostus nobilis (55301)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4China (Hunan) Peratagnostus sinicus (124948 124977 124978)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4Argentina (Mendoza) Hypagnostus huilichensis (9817)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) Hypagnostus sp., Spinagnostus sp. (217)
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) Peratagnostus nobilis (228220)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan Peratagnostus asper, Peratagnostus hillardensis (118382 118387 118394) Peratagnostus hillardensis (118397 118401 118404 118445 118446 118450 118451 118453 118456)