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Agerina elongata

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Agerina elongata was named by Lu (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. laurentica, A. palabunda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Agerina elongata Lu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusAgerinaTjernvik 1956
specieselongataLu 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.

†Agerina elongata Lu 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Dapingian or 477.10000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hubei) Agerina elongata (203695 203696)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Agerina elongata (116199 116201 116202 116203)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China (Hubei) Agerina elongata (116200)