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Pseudagnostus canadensis

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus canadensis was named by Billings (1860). Its type specimen is Nat Mus Canada 858b, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudagnostus canadensis by Rasetti (1944).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Agnostus canadensis Billings
1923Agnostus janei Clark
1944Pseudagnostus canadensis Rasetti p. 234

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusPseudagnostusJaekel 1909
speciescanadensis(Billings 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.

Pseudagnostus canadensis Billings 1860
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Invalid names: Agnostus janei Clark 1923 [synonym]
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: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Pseudagnostus canadensis (8935 224133 224134 224136 224138 224140)