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Machairagnostus tmetus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Machairagnostus tmetus Harrington and Leanza p. 63

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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
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusMachairagnostusHarrington and Leanza 1957
speciestmetus

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.

Machairagnostus tmetus Harrington and Leanza 1957
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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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


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