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Pentagnostus

Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy
Pentagnostus was named by Lermontova (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm mMid-u]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ptychagnostus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Ptychagnostidae by Whittington et al. (1997); to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Peronopsidae by Naimark and Pegel (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Pentagnostus Lermontova
1997Pentagnostus Whittington et al. p. 354
2002Pentagnostus Sepkoski
2017Pentagnostus Naimark and Pegel p. 1186

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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
genusPentagnostusLermontova 1940

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. †Pentagnostus Lermontova 1940
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Subg. †Pentagnostus (Meragnostus) Naimark 2012
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Pentagnostus admirabilis Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Pentagnostus anabarensis Lermontova 1940
Pentagnostus bonnerensis Resser 1938
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Invalid names: Agnostus lautus Resser 1939 [synonym]
Pentagnostus endemicus Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Pentagnostus krusei Laurie 2006
Pentagnostus praecurrens WestergÄrd 1936
Pentagnostus shabaktensis Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Pentagnostus shergoldi Laurie 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available