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Pentagnostus bonnerensis

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus bonnerensis was named by Resser (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 95025 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Peronopsis bonnerensis by Palmer and Halley (1979); it was recombined as Pentagnostus (Meragnostus) bonnerensis by Naimark (2012); it was recombined as Pentagnostus bonnerensis by Sundberg (2018), Regalado Fernandez and Sour-Tovar (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Agnostus bonnerensis Resser p. 6 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 16-17
1939Agnostus lautus Resser p. 25 figs. pl. 2, Figs. 16 - 18
1979Peronopsis bonnerensis Palmer and Halley p. 76 figs. Plate 12, figures 11, 15
2012Pentagnostus (Meragnostus) bonnerensis Naimark pp. 1189 - 1190
2018Pentagnostus bonnerensis Sundberg p. 9 figs. Figure 7.1 - 7.3
2022Pentagnostus bonnerensis Regalado Fernandez and Sour-Tovar

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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
speciesbonnerensis()

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.

Pentagnostus bonnerensis Resser 1938
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Invalid names: Agnostus lautus Resser 1939 [synonym]
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 Topazan or 515.30000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Idaho) Peronopsis bonnerensis (75632)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Utah) Peronopsis bonnerensis (75633 75634)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Mexico (Sonora) Peronopsis bonnerensis (90558)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Idaho) Agnostus bonnerensis (76096)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Peronopsis bonnerensis (149391 149392 149565)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Agnostus bonnerensis (type locality: 127486)
Topazan505.3 - 504.5USA (Idaho) Agnostus lautus (50208)