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Machairagnostus

Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Machairagnostus was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pseudagnostinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diplagnostidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Machairagnostus Harrington and Leanza
1975Tarayagnostus Suarez Soruco
2002Machairagnostus Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002Machairagnostus Sepkoski

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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
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusMachairagnostusHarrington and Leanza 1957

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. †Machairagnostus Harrington and Leanza 1957
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†Machairagnostus corrugatus Suarez Soruco 1976
†Machairagnostus tmetus Harrington and Leanza 1957
Invalid names: Tarayagnostus Suarez Soruco 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:48:09
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:20:19
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina Pseudorhaptagnostus tmetus (223798) Pseudorhaptagnostus tmetus, Pseudorhaptagnostus corrugatus (235392 235393)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (La Rioja) Pseudorhaptagnostus tmetus (42518)
Stage 10 - Tremadoc491.0 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) M. tmetus (115690)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Argentina (La Rioja) M. tmetus (116138)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) M. tmetus (115765 115766 115767 116003 116006)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia M. tmetus, Tarayagnostus corrugatus (8802)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia (Tarija) M. sp. (210709)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina M. sp. (8866 9021)