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Macannaia

Agnostida - Eodiscidae

Taxonomy
Macannaia was named by Jell (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Cm mMid-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Pagetia maladensis.

It was assigned to Eodiscidae by Palmer and Halley (1979), Whittington et al. (1997); and to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Macannaia Jell
1979Macannaia Palmer and Halley p. 76
1997Macannaia Whittington et al. p. 401
2002Macannaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyEodiscidaeRaymond 1913
genusMacannaiaJell 1975

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.

G. †Macannaia Jell 1975
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Macannaia maladensis Resser 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-12-13 02:31:56
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:31:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Menevian or 510.20000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) M. maladensis (149390 149391) Pagetia maladensis (77205 155979 155991)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) M. stenorhachis (56533)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) Pagetia maladensis (50208)