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Aotagnostus aotus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Aotagnostus aotus was named by Öpik (1979). Its type specimen is CPC14151 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Triplagnostus (Aotagnostus) aotus by Laurie (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Aotagnostus aotus Öpik pp. 129-131 figs. pl. 32, figs 1-7
1988Triplagnostus (Aotagnostus) aotus Laurie pp. 202 - 203 figs. 21A-R
2008Aotagnostus aotus Laurie

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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
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusAotagnostusOpik 1979
speciesaotus

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.

†Aotagnostus aotus Öpik 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:48
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:44:17
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, 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) Aotagnostus aotus (225225)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Aotagnostus aotus (225217)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Aotagnostus aotus (225216 225218 225246)