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Pseudagnostus prolongus

Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus prolongus was named by Hall and Whitfield (1877). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pseudagnostus prolongus by Palmer (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Agnostus prolongus Hall and Whitfield
1955Pseudagnostus prolongus Palmer
1967Pseudagnostina vicaria Oepik

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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
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusPseudagnostusJaekel 1909
speciesprolongus(Hall and Whitfield 1877)

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.

Pseudagnostus prolongus Hall and Whitfield 1877
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Invalid names: Pseudagnostina vicaria Oepik 1967 [synonym]
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 10:11:19
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:11:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Franconian or 500.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Pseudagnostus prolongus (49187) Pseudagnostus vicaria (128933)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) Pseudagnostus prolongus (8950)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) Pseudagnostus prolongus (197982)