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Triplagnostus scopus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Triplagnostus scopus was named by Öpik (1979). Its type specimen is CPC 14129 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Triplagnostus scopus Öpik p. 124 figs. PI. 27, figs. 5 and 6

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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
genusTriplagnostusHowell 1935
speciesscopus

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.

†Triplagnostus scopus 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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Floran or 504.50000 to 503.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) Triplagnostus scopus (225241)