Itagnostus

Itagnostus Temporal range: earliest Mayan to earliest Batyrbayan PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Itagnostus interstrictus, until recently known as Peronopsis interstricta, from the Wheeler Shale, Utah
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Agnostida
Family:	Peronopsidae
Genus:	Itagnostus Öpik, 1979
species[1]
I. elkedrensis (Etheridge, 1902) (type) I. comis (Öpik, 1979) I. doylei (Laurie, 2006) I. gaspensis (Rasetti, 1948) ssp. gaspensis ssp. taitzuhoensis (Lu, 1957) I. interstrictus (White, 1874) synonyms Euagnostus levifrons, Peronopsis interstricta ssp. interstrictus ssp. robustus (Deiss, 1939) synonym Agnostus robustus I. krusei (Laurie, 2006) I. oepiki Laurie, 2004 I. walleyae (Laurie, 2006)

Itagnostus is a genus of trilobite restricted to the Middle Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.^[1]

Distribution

• Itagnostus elkedrensis occurs in the Middle Cambrian of Australia (Ptychagnostus praecurrens-zone, Xystridura templetonensis-zone, and Dinesus-stage, Elkedra; Triplagnostus gibbus-zone, Sandover Beds; both Northern Territory), the Russian Federation (Kounamkites-zone, Nekekit River; Liostracus allachjunensis-zone, Lena River).

• Itagnostus comis is found in the Middle Cambrian of Australia (Triplagnostus gibbus-zone, Sandover Beds, Northern Territory).

• Itagnostus gaspensis gaspensis is reported from the Middle Cambrian of the United States (Geddes Formation, Nevada; Ptychagnostus atavus-zone, Wheeler Formation, Drum Mountains, Utah), Canada (upper part, Grosses Roches, St. Laurence, Quebec), Russian Federation (Tomagnostus fissus-zone, Lena River).

• Itagnostus gaspensis taitzuhoensis has been excavated from the Middle Cambrian of Antarctica (lower part, Shackleton Mountains), Australia (Ptychagnostus praecurrens-zone, Elkedra, Northern Territory), North-China (Bailiella-Lioparia-zone, Hsuchang Formation).

• Itagnostus interstrictus interstrictus is present in the Middle Cambrian of Canada (Ptychagnostus punctuosus-zone, Cow head Group, Newfoundland), the United States (Bolaspidella (P. atavus)-zone, Tatonduk River, Hillard Peak, Alaska; lower part of the Bolaspidella-zone, Western-Utah; Wheeler Shale, Antelope Spring, House Range, Utah), the Russian Federation (Malokuonamsky Horizon, Tomagnostus fissus-zone, and Liostracus allachjunensis-zone, all Lena River).

• Itagnostus krusei is found in the Middle Cambrian of the Russian Federation (Kounamkites-zone, Lena River).

• Itagnostus oepiki has been collected in the Middle Cambrian of Australia (Triplagnostus gibbus-zone, Sandover Beds; Xystridura templetonensis-zone, Elkedra; both Northern Territory).

• Itagnostus walleyae is reported from the Middle Cambrian of Australia (Ptychagnostus praecurrens-zone, Elkedra, Northern Territory).

• Itagnostus sp. has been collected in the Middle Cambrian of the Russian Federation (Liosttracus allachjunensis-zone, Lena River).^[1]

Schematic showing the relationship between Itagnostus (light green) with other Peronopsid genera (darker green). The descending genus Euagnostus (Dorypygidae) is shown in blue-purple

References

1. Naimark, E.B. (2012). "Hundred species of the Genus Peronopsis Hawle et Corda, 1847". Paleontological Journal 46 (9): 945–1057. doi:10.1134/S0031030112090018.

External links

• Peronopsis in the Paleobiology Database
• Peronopsis at the Field Museum's Evolving Planet