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Agnostus babcocki

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus babcocki was named by Peng and Robison (2000). It is not extant. Its type locality is Paibi section, bed 2, which is in a Taijangian slope dolomite/shale in the Huaqiao Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Agnostus babcocki 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
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusAgnostusBrongniart 1822
speciesbabcocki

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.

Agnostus babcocki Peng and Robison 2000
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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: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:39:10
Modified: 2018-11-10 16:54:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hunan) Agnostus babcocki (type locality: 49149 49151)