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Tomagnostella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4639508	https://www.gbif.org/species/4639508
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19327	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19327

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Spinagnostidae : Tomagnostella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Agnostida	Salter 1864
family	Spinagnostidae	Howell 1935
genus	Tomagnostella	Kobayashi 1939

Scientific Name

Tomagnostella Kobayashi, 1939

Name Published In

J. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, (2) 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tomagnostella	genus	belongs to Spinagnostidae	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Tomagnostella	genus	belongs to Agnostida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Tomagnostella	genus	belongs to Ptychagnostidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

499 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Agnostida)

Vision

blind (based on Spinagnostidae)

Diet

detritivore (based on Agnostida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Tomagnostella exsculpta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	56	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Tomagnostella jiangshanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	505 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Tomagnostella sulcifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	41	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Tomagnostella tenuis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1939	Tomagnostella Kobayashi
1997	Tomagnostella Whittington et al. p. 358
2002	Tomagnostella Jell and Adrain p. 454
2002	Tomagnostella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, (2) 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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