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Agnostus orion

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus orion was named by Billings (1860). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 860f, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Agnostus orion Billings

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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
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusAgnostusBrongniart 1822
speciesorionBillings 1860

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.

Agnostus orion Billings 1860
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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 10:39:10
Modified: 2018-11-10 16:54:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Agnostus orion (224133 224136)