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Pagetia fossula

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Eodiscidae

Taxonomy
Pagetia fossula was named by Resser (1938). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 95026. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pagetia fossula Resser p. 6 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 8-11
2018Pagetia fossula Sundberg p. 16 figs. Figure 10.1 - 10.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyEodiscidaeRaymond 1913
genusPagetia
speciesfossula

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.

†Pagetia fossula Resser 1938
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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: minorg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-02-25 10:25:18
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:32:44
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Middle Cambrian or 515.30000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Utah) Pagetia fossula (75634)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Pagetia fossula (type locality: 127486)