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Peronopsis fallax

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus fallax was named by Linnarsson (1869). It is the type species of Peronopsis.

It was recombined as Mesagnostus fallax by Jaekel (1909); it was recombined as Peronopsis fallax by Westergard (1936), Palmer and Gatehouse (1972); it was recombined as Peronopsis (Armagnostus) fallax by Kobayashi (1939); it was recombined as Axagnostus fallax by Laurie (1990); it was synonymized subjectively with Peronopsis acadica by Robison (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Agnostus fallax Linnarsson pp. 81-82 figs. pl. 2, fig. 54, 55
1909Mesagnostus fallax Jaekel p. 398
1936Peronopsis fallax Westergard pp. 28-29
1939Peronopsis (Armagnostus) fallax Kobayashi p. 120
1972Peronopsis fallax Palmer and Gatehouse p. 10
1990Axagnostus fallax Laurie pp. 317-320

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyAgnostoideaM'Coy 1849
familyPeronopsidaeWestergard 1936
genusPeronopsisCorda 1847
speciesfallax(Linnarsson 1869)

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.

Peronopsis fallax Linnarsson 1869
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Diagnosis
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