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Pseudagnostus gyps

Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Plethagnostus gyps was named by Clark (1923). Its type specimen is MCZ 1700, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. obesus, P. orbiculatus, P. rotundatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Plethagnostus gyps Clark
1944Pseudagnostus gyps Rasetti p. 234

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusPseudagnostusJaekel 1909
speciesgyps(Clark 1923)

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 gyps Clark 1923
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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 10:11:19
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:11:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Pseudagnostus gyps (224136 224138 224139 224140)