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Lejopyge sinensis

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Lejopyge sinensis was named by Lu and Lin (1987) [in Peng]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. seminula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Lejopyge sinensis Lu and Lin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusLejopygeHawle and Corda 1847
speciessinensisLu and Lin 1987

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.

†Lejopyge sinensis Lu and Lin 1987
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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 10:21:32
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:21:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Lejopyge sinensis (125542 125674)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Lejopyge sinensis (49178 126312 126313 126314 126316 128929)