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Diplagnostus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4639536https://www.gbif.org/species/4639536
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)19213https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19213
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Diplagnostidae : Diplagnostus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAgnostoideaM'Coy 1849
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusDiplagnostusJaekel 1909
Scientific NameDiplagnostus Jaekel, 1909
Name Published InZ. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 61
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Diplagnostusgenusbelongs to Diplagnostidaestated with evidenceWhittington et al., 1997
Diplagnostusgenusbelongs to Agnostidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Diplagnostusgenusbelongs to Diplagnostidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance501 - 497 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Agnostida)
Visionblind (based on Diplagnostidae)
Dietdetritivore (based on Agnostida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow 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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Diplagnostus floralis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Diplagnostus planicauda ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		37513 Ma
Cambrian		501 Ma
Cambrian
Diplagnostus pseudofloralis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1513 Ma
Cambrian		513 Ma
Cambrian
Diplagnostus pyriformis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5505 Ma
Cambrian		505 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1909Diplagnostus Jaeckel
1997Diplagnostus Whittington et al. p. 362
2002Diplagnostus Jell and Adrain p. 367
2002Diplagnostus 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
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
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 61 - 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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