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Gog

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Gog was named by Fortey (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378,795]. Its type is Gog catillus.

It was assigned to Niobinae by Hoel (1999); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Zhou et al. (1998) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
G. catillus (type species), G. yangtzeensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Gog Fortey p. 22
1998Gog Zhou et al. p. 712
1999Gog Hoel
2002Gog Jell and Adrain p. 379
2002Gog Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusGog

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. †Gog Fortey 1975
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Gog catillus Fortey 1975
Gog yangtzeensis Lu 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Llanvirn or 478.60000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancefieldian485.4 - 476.8Sweden (Västergötland) G. sp. (190969)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Modum) G. sp. (190923 190990)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) G. sp. (190884 190918 190978 190989)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Iran G. sp. (66868)
Billingen478.6 - 471.8Norway (Spitsbergen) G. catillus (106473)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Shaanxi) G. yangtzeensis (116195)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) G. yangtzeensis (116201 116202)
Llanvirn466.0 - 460.9China (Xinjiang) G. yangtzeensis (170840 170842)