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Euagnostus opimus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Doryagnostidae

Taxonomy
Euagnostus opimus was named by Whitehouse (1936). Its type specimen is UQF 3195 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Peronopsis opimus by Jell and Robison (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. certus, E. glandifer, E. interstrictus, E. interstrictus, E. neptis, E. tessella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Euagnostus opimus Whitehouse p. 87 figs. pl. 8 f. 11
1978Peronopsis opimus Jell and Robison pp. 9 - 10 figs. Plate 1, figures 1-6
2017Euagnostus opimus Naimark and Pegel p. 1207

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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
familyDoryagnostidae()
genusEuagnostusWhitehouse 1936
speciesopimusWhitehouse 1936

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.

†Euagnostus opimus Whitehouse 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Created: 2004-02-29 09:55:43
Modified: 2018-11-10 16:55:31
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Floran to the top of the Undillan or 504.50000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) Euagnostus opimus (225224) Peronopsis opimus (225072)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Sakha) Euagnostus opimus (225071)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Euagnostus opimus (225228 225229)