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Ptychagnostus seminula

Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus seminula was named by Whitehouse (1939).

It was recombined as Onymagnostus seminula by Robison (1984); it was recombined as Ptychagnostus seminula by Westrop et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Agnostus seminula Whitehouse p. 254 figs. pl. 25, fig. 24
1984Onymagnostus seminula Robison p. 54
1996Ptychagnostus seminula Westrop et al. p. 819

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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
genusPtychagnostusJaekel 1909
speciesseminula(Whitehouse 1939)

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.

Ptychagnostus seminula Whitehouse 1939
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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
Spines: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:09:12
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:37:40
Source: g = genus, f = family
Reference: Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Arcadian to the top of the Undillan or 509.00000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan510.2 - 504.5USA (Utah) Ptychagnostus seminula (225065 225070)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Onymagnostus seminula (10819 10826 10827 10832 10836)
Arcadian509.0 - 498.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ptychagnostus seminula (9690)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Ptychagnostus seminula (156500 156501)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Ptychagnostus seminula (156504 156505)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ptychagnostus seminula (9684 9687 9691)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Onymagnostus seminula (225218 225221 225223)