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Homagnostus alaskensis

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Homagnostus alaskensis was named by Palmer (1968). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 4381-CO - Jones Ridge Limestone, Jones Ridge-Squaw Mountain area, which is in a Dresbachian carbonate limestone in the Jones Ridge Limestone Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Homagnostus alaskensis Palmer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusHomagnostusHowell 1935
speciesalaskensisPalmer 1968

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.

Homagnostus alaskensis Palmer 1968
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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
Created: 2009-02-25 10:33:58
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:33:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Homagnostus alaskensis (127447 127448)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Homagnostus alaskensis (118260 118262 118264 118305 118329 118332)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Alaska) Homagnostus alaskensis (type locality: 64800)