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Agelagma

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Agelagma was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Catillicephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Agelagma Opik
1980Distazeris (Paradistazeris) Zhang et al.
2002Agelagma Jell and Adrain p. 338
2002Agelagma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusAgelagmaRaymond 1937

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. †Agelagma Opik 1967
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Invalid names: Paradistazeris Zhang et al. 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Mindyallan or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) A. quadratum (49485 49488)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) A. quadratum (49449)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Distazeris hubeiensis (128930) Paradistazeris hubeiensis (49182 126317 126318 126319 126322 126324) Paradistazeris hunanensis (49181 49187 49188) Paradistazeris hunanensis, Paradistazeris rotundus (126327) Paradistazeris rotundus (126325 126328 126329) Paradistazeris sp. (107050)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Chongqing) Distazeris sichuanensis (128045)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica A. sp. (227789)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan A. sp. (118235 118238 118240)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) Paradistazeris sp. (236880)