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Eodiscus (Serrodiscus)

Agnostida - Eodiscidae

Taxonomy
Eodiscus (Serrodiscus) was named by Richter and Richter (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm(Atda-u) Cm(Tojo-u) Sepkoski's reference number: 458, 462, 885].

It was reranked as Serrodiscus by Whittington et al. (1997), Sepkoski (2002) and Westrop and Landing (2011).

It was assigned to Eodiscus by Richter and Richter (1941); to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Weymouthiidae by Whittington et al. (1997) and Westrop and Landing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Eodiscus (Serrodiscus) Richter and Richter p. 27
1997Serrodiscus Whittington et al. p. 398
2002Serrodiscus Sepkoski
2011Serrodiscus Westrop and Landing p. 222

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyEodiscidaeRaymond 1913
genusEodiscusMatthew 1896
subgenusSerrodiscusRichter and Richter 1941

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.

Subg. †Eodiscus (Serrodiscus) Richter and Richter 1941
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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: blindg
Created: 2009-12-13 02:28:33
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:28:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Atdabanian or 520.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0Spain Eodiscus serratus (225087)