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Litagnostus meniscus

Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Litagnostus meniscus was named by Fortey and Owens (1991). Its type specimen is NMW 86.27G.1, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Litagnostus meniscus Fortey and Owens p. 444 figs. Fig. 3a-g

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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
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusLitagnostusJaekel 1909
speciesmeniscus

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.

†Litagnostus meniscus Fortey and Owens 1991
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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: Migneintian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) Litagnostus meniscus (75116)