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Plegagnathus

Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae

Taxonomy
Plegagnathus was named by Ethington and Furnish (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 800]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Panderodontidae by Sweet (1988) and Zhen et al. (2020).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Plegagnathus Ethington and Furnish
1988Plegagnathus Sweet p. 185
2002Plegagnathus Sepkoski
2020Plegagnathus Zhen et al. p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderPanderodontidaSweet 1988
familyPanderodontidaeLindström 1970
genusPlegagnathusEthington and Furnish 1959

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. †Plegagnathus Ethington and Furnish 1959
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Plegagnathus dartoni Stone and Furnish 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available