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Rhaptagnostus bifax

Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Pseudagnostus bifax was named by Shergold (1975). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Rhaptagnostus bifax by Shergold (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Pseudagnostus bifax Shergold
1977Rhaptagnostus bifax Shergold

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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
genusRhaptagnostusJaekel 1909
speciesbifax(Shergold 1975)

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.

Rhaptagnostus bifax Shergold 1975
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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 10:11:19
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:11:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aksaian to the top of the Batyrbaian or 492.80000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Rhaptagnostus bifax (126722)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan Rhaptagnostus bifax (118481 118485 118486 118487 118872 118876 118881 118885)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 485.4Kazakhstan Rhaptagnostus bifax (118893)