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Lejopyge elegans

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus elegans was named by Tullberg (1880).

It was recombined as Ptychagnostus (Triplagnostus) elegans by WestergÄrd (1946); it was recombined as Lejopyge elegans by Robison (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Agnostus elegans Tullberg p. 19 figs. pl. 1 figs. 7 a-d.
1946Ptychagnostus (Triplagnostus) elegans WestergÄrd p. 74 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 11-20
1994Lejopyge elegans Robison pp. 49 - 51

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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
specieselegans(Tullberg 1880)

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 elegans Tullberg 1880
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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: Menevian or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Sweden (Scania) Ptychagnostus elegans (225250)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (New York) Ptychagnostus elegans (221)