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Aspidagnostus lunulosus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Clavagnostidae

Taxonomy
Clavagnostus lunulosus was named by Kryskov (1963) [in Borovikov and Kryskov]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Aspidagnostus lunulosus by Peng and Robison (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Clavagnostus lunulosus Kryskov
1967Aspidagnostus stictus Opik
1974Aspidagnostus chekiangensis Lu
2000Aspidagnostus lunulosus Peng and Robison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyClavagnostidaeHowell 1937
subfamilyAspidagnostinaePokrovskaya 1960
genusAspidagnostusWhitehouse 1936
specieslunulosus(Kryskov 1963)

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.

†Aspidagnostus lunulosus Kryskov 1963
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Invalid names: Aspidagnostus chekiangensis Lu 1974 [synonym], Aspidagnostus stictus Opik 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: minorg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-08 09:06:22
Modified: 2009-06-08 11:06:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Ayusokkanian to the top of the Paibian or 499.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Aspidagnostus chekiangensis (125673)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Aspidagnostus lunulosus (49187 49189 49190 126443)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Aspidagnostus lunulosus (118237 118239)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) Aspidagnostus lunulosus (126132 126145)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Zhejiang) Aspidagnostus chekiangensis (125559) Aspidagnostus stictus (125546)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Aspidagnostus lunulosus (118252 118254 118255)