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Agerina parva

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Plesiyuepingia parva was named by Xiang and Zhou (1987). Its type specimen is WIGM IV70379, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Agerina parva by Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Plesiyuepingia parva Xiang and Zhou p. 312 figs. Pl 39, fig 2
2019Agerina parva Zhou and Zhou p. 151 fig. 3A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusAgerinaTjernvik 1956
speciesparva(Xiang and Zhou 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.

Agerina parva Xiang and Zhou 1987
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Dapingian or 477.70000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) Agerina parva (221218)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China (Hubei) Agerina parva (221223)