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Neoagnostus acutifrons

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Rhaptagnostus acutifrons was named by Troedsson (1937). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Neoagnostus acutifrons by Peng (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. eckardti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Rhaptagnostus acutifrons Troedsson
1992Neoagnostus acutifrons Peng

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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
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusNeoagnostusKobayashi 1955
speciesacutifrons(Troedsson 1937)

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.

†Neoagnostus acutifrons Troedsson 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-08 08:45:14
Modified: 2009-06-08 10:45:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Batyrbaian or 491.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Neoagnostus acutifrons (126670)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 485.4Kazakhstan Neoagnostus acutifrons (118902 118903)