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Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) aulax

Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) aulax was named by Shergold (1980). Its type specimen is CPC 15053, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chatsworth Plains D124, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) aulax Shergold p. 31 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 1-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusPseudagnostusJaekel 1909
subgenusPseudagnostusJaekel 1909
speciesaulax

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.

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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 10:11:19
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:11:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Pseudagnostus aulax (228022 228023 228044 228185 228191 228192 228193 228196 228201 type locality: 228218 228222)