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Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus) longinqua

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy

Peronopsis longinqua was named by Öpik (1979). It is the type species of Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus).

It was recombined as Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus) longinqua by Naimark (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. columbiensis, P. crassa, P. cuneifera, P. evansi, P. extensa, P. falax, P. fallax, P. fallax, P. hartshillensis, P. insignis, P. interstricata, P. lata, P. liaotungensis, P. maria, P. mariae, P. matthewi, P. minor, P. miqueli, P. montis, P. primigenea, P. quadrata, P. recta, P. sallesi, P. scutalis, P. scutalis, P. scutilis, P. sermenta, P. tenuis, P. tramitis, P. umbonata, P. minor

Synonyms

Peronopsis prolixa was named by Öpik (1979).

It was synonymized subjectively with Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus) longinqua by Naimark (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1979	Peronopsis longinqua Öpik
1979	Peronopsis prolixa Öpik
2012	Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus) longinqua Naimark pp. 997 - 998

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom

Rank	Name	Author
order	Agnostida	Salter 1864
suborder	Agnostina	Salter 1864
superfamily	Agnostoidea	M'Coy 1849
family	Peronopsidae	Westergard 1936
genus	Peronopsis	Corda 1847
subgenus	Vulgagnostus
species	longinqua	(Öpik 1979)

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.

†Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus) longinqua Öpik 1979

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Invalid names: Peronopsis prolixa Öpik 1979 [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

Ontogeny:

accretion, moltingsuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

nektonicsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

blindf

Created:

2009-02-25 08:49:06

Modified:

2009-02-25 12:06:30

Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily

References: Hendy 2009, Robison 1994

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Amgan or 506.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Amgan	508.2 - 504.5	Russian Federation	Peronopsis longinqua (225181 225185)
Middle Cambrian	506.5 - 497.0	Spain (Aragon)	Peronopsis longinqua (120551)