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Triplagnostus

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Triplagnostus was named by Howell (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Ptychagnostus (Triplagnostus) by Westergård (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Ptychagnostus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Ptychagnostus by Westergård (1946); to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychagnostidae by Ergaliev and Ergaliev (2008), Naimark and Pegel (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Triplagnostus Howell
1946Ptychagnostus (Triplagnostus) Westergård
2002Triplagnostus Sepkoski
2008Triplagnostus Ergaliev and Ergaliev
2017Triplagnostus Naimark and Pegel pp. 1179 - 1180

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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
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusTriplagnostusHowell 1935

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. †Triplagnostus Howell 1935
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Triplagnostus gibbus Linnarsson 1869
Triplagnostus scopus Öpik 1979
Triplagnostus ultimus Öpik 1979
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. B. Naimark and T. V. Pegel 2017Cephalon with median preglabellar furrow. Glabellar M1 and M2 of equal width (not widened across M1 or M2); M1 inflated; F2 developed. Basal lobes with tendency to elongate, but usually oval. Pygidium with F1 and F2 equally developed; posteroaxis of moderate width and height. Posteroaxial furrow well developed. Prosopon usually smooth.