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Serrodiscus bellimarginatus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Weymouthiidae

Taxonomy
Microdiscus bellimarginatus was named by Shaler and Foerste (1888).

It was recombined as Eodiscus bellimarginatus by Raymond (1913) and Shaler et al. (1913); it was recombined as Eodiscus (Serrodiscus) bellimarginatus by Richter and Richter (1941); it was recombined as Serrodiscus bellimarginatus by Rasetti (1952), Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Microdiscus bellimarginatus Shaler and Foerste pp. 35 - 36 figs. pl. 2 f. 19
1891Microdiscus bellimarginatus Walcott pp. 630 - 631 figs. Pl . LXXXI , figs , 2 , 2a , b
1913Eodiscus bellimarginatus Raymond p. 103 figs. Figure 7
1913Eodiscus bellimarginatus Shaler et al. p. 103 fig. 7
1941Eodiscus (Serrodiscus) bellimarginatus Richter and Richter p. 23
1952Serrodiscus bellimarginatus Rasetti pp. 445 - 446 figs. Plate 52, figures 12-17
2020Serrodiscus bellimarginatus Lemke

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyWeymouthiidaeKobayashi 1943
genusSerrodiscus(Richter and Richter 1941)
speciesbellimarginatus(Shaler and Foerste 1888)

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.

†Serrodiscus bellimarginatus Shaler and Foerste 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-08 10:16:32
Modified: 2009-06-08 12:19:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Branchian to the top of the Furongian or 516.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Canada (Nova Scotia) Serrodiscus bellimarginatus (9350)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5USA (Massachusetts) Serrodiscus bellimarginatus (56854)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Microdiscus bellimarginatus (99495)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Svalbard and Jan Mayen Serrodiscus bellimarginatus (212582)