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Acidusus leptus

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Ptychagnostus leptus was named by Qian (1983) [in Qiu]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Acidusus leptus by Laurie (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Ptychagnostus leptus Qian
1984Ptychagnostus michaeli Robison p. 28 fig. 16
1988Acidusus michaeli Laurie p. 185 fig. 10
2008Acidusus leptus Laurie

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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
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusAcidusus(Opik 1979)
speciesleptus(Qian 1983)

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.

Acidusus leptus Qian 1983
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Invalid names: Ptychagnostus michaeli Robison 1984 [synonym]
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: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:48
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:44:17
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Wangcunian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Sichuan) Ptychagnostus leptus (127058)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Ptychagnostus leptus (230679)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Ptychagnostus leptus (49161 49277 49278 49280)