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Pentagnostus brighamensis

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus brighamensis was named by Resser (1939). Its type specimen is USNM 96500 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Peronopsis brighamensis by Robison (1978); it was recombined as Pentagnostus brighamensis by Naimark (2012), Sundberg (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. rectus, P. veles

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Agnostus brighamensis Resser p. 8 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 27-29
1978Peronopsis brighamensis Robison p. 2 figs. (Pl. 1, figs. 7, 11, 11
2012Pentagnostus brighamensis Naimark p. 1012
2018Pentagnostus brighamensis Sundberg pp. 6 - 9 figs. Figure 6.1–6.16

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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
superfamilyAgnostoideaM'Coy 1849
familyPeronopsidaeWestergard 1936
genusPentagnostusLermontova 1940
speciesbrighamensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Ontogeny: accretion, moltingsuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:59:08
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:36:38
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy 2009, Robison 1994

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Delamaran or 515.30000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Utah) Peronopsis brighamensis (75633 75634)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Peronopsis brighamensis (10589)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Peronopsis brighamensis (75636)
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Pentagnostus brighamensis (225158)