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Proagnostus

Agnostida - Ammagnostidae

Taxonomy
Proagnostus was named by Butts (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. Its type is Proagnostus bulbus.

It was assigned to Agnostidae by Whittington et al. (1997); to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ammagnostidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ammagnostinae by Jago et al. (2004).

Species
P. bulbus (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Proagnostus Butts
1967Agnostascus Öpik
1997Proagnostus Whittington et al. p. 347
2002Proagnostus Jell and Adrain p. 430
2002Proagnostus Sepkoski
2004Proagnostus Jago et al. p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyAmmagnostidaeOpik 1967
genusProagnostusButts 1926

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. †Proagnostus Butts 1926
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Proagnostus bulbus Butts 1926
Invalid names: Agnostascus Öpik 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available