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Lejopyge rigbyi

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Lejopyge rigbyi was named by Robison (1984). It is not extant. Its type specimen is KUMIP 204311. Its type locality is Robison Coll. 398, which is in a Marjumian carbonate shale/limestone in the Marjum Limestone Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. seminula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Lejopyge rigbyi Robison pp. 49 - 50 fig. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusLejopygeHawle and Corda 1847
speciesrigbyi

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.

†Lejopyge rigbyi Robison 1984
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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
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:21:32
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:21:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Lejopyge rigbyi (type locality: 225249)