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Ptychagnostus cuyanus

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus cuyanus was named by Rusconi (1948). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Ptychagnostus cuyanus by Peng and Robison (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Agnostus cuyanus Rusconi
2000Ptychagnostus cuyanus Peng and Robison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusPtychagnostusJaekel 1909
speciescuyanus(Rusconi 1948)

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.

†Ptychagnostus cuyanus Rusconi 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:09:12
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:37:40
Source: g = genus, f = family
Reference: Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Zhanaarykian or 509.00000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hunan) Ptychagnostus cuyanus (49156 49158 49159 49273)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Argentina (Mendoza) Ptychagnostus cuyanus (9815 9816)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5USA (Utah) Ptychagnostus cuyanus (230679)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Ptychagnostus cuyanus (230682)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Ptychagnostus cuyanus (49161 49274)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Ptychagnostus cuyanus (9964 118095 118096)