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Weymouthia nobilis

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Weymouthiidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus nobilis was named by Ford (1872). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Microdiscus nobilis by Walcott (1890); it was recombined as Weymouthia nobilis by Raymond (1913), Cobbold (1931), Rasetti (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Agnostus nobilis Ford p. 421 figs. 1, 2
1890Microdiscus nobilis Walcott p. 629
1913Weymouthia nobilis Raymond pp. 102, 106 figs. 15, 16
1931Weymouthia nobilis Cobbold pp. 466-468 figs. XXXVIII, figs. 17-22
1952Weymouthia nobilis Rasetti p. 446 figs. Plate 52, figure 18

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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
genusWeymouthiaRaymond 1913
speciesnobilis(Ford 1872)

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.

†Weymouthia nobilis Ford 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:47:26
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:47:26
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Branchian or 516.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Weymouthia nobilis (79928)