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Peronopsis fallax

Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus fallax was named by Linnarsson (1869). It is the type species of Peronopsis.

It was recombined as Mesagnostus fallax by Jaekel (1909); it was recombined as Peronopsis fallax by Westergard (1936) and Palmer and Gatehouse (1972); it was recombined as Peronopsis (Armagnostus) fallax by Kobayashi (1939); it was recombined as Axagnostus fallax by Laurie (1990); it was synonymized subjectively with Peronopsis acadica by Robison (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Agnostus fallax Linnarsson pp. 81-82 figs. pl. 2, fig. 54, 55
1909Mesagnostus fallax Jaekel p. 398
1936Peronopsis fallax Westergard pp. 28-29
1939Peronopsis (Armagnostus) fallax Kobayashi p. 120
1972Peronopsis fallax Palmer and Gatehouse p. 10
1990Axagnostus fallax Laurie pp. 317-320

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyAgnostoideaM'Coy 1849
familyPeronopsidaeWestergard 1936
genusPeronopsisCorda 1847
speciesfallax(Linnarsson 1869)

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.

Peronopsis fallax Linnarsson 1869
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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
Ontogeny: accretion, moltingsuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-02-25 08:49:06
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:06:30
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy 2009, Robison 1994

Age range: base of the Tuesaian to the top of the Ayusokkanian or 505.30000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Norway (Rogaland) Peronopsis fallax (76545)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan Peronopsis fallax (9973 9976)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5USA (Utah) Peronopsis fallax (225065 225070)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Peronopsis fallax (10813 10845 10846)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) Peronopsis fallax (127072)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Peronopsis fallax (86728 86729 86730 86731 86732 86733 86734 86735 86736 86737 86738 86739 86741 86742 86743 156504 156505 156509)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Turkey Peronopsis fallax (69933 69960)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Peronopsis fallax (156500 156501 156502)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Poland Peronopsis fallax (72272)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Norway Peronopsis fallax (155476)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Jince) Peronopsis fallax (76483)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Norway (Rogaland) Axagnostus fallax (190113)
Tuesaian505.3 - 503.0Kazakhstan Peronopsis fallax (118054 118085 118088 118091)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Kazakhstan Peronopsis fallax (10030)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5United Kingdom (Wales) Peronopsis fallax (193782 193783)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (South Carolina) Peronopsis fallax (75063)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Peronopsis fallax (9958 9961 9962 9963 9964 118095 118097)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Peronopsis fallax (153968)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Peronopsis fallax (118179 118184 118191)