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Pentagnostus praecurrens

Agnostida - Peronopsidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus gibbus praecurrens was named by Westergård (1936). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Triplagnostus praecurrens by Bognibova (1965); it was recombined as Ptychagnostus praecurrens by Robison (1982); it was recombined as Agnostus praecurrens by Westrop et al. (1996); it was recombined as Pentagnostus praecurrens by Laurie (2004) and Naimark and Pegel (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Agnostus gibbus praecurrens Westergard
1936Agnostus gibbus praecurrens Westergård pp. 29 - 30 figs. pl. 1, figs 19-23
1965Triplagnostus praecurrens Bognibova pp. 63-64 figs. pl. 1, figs 13-16
1982Ptychagnostus praecurrens Robison
1996Agnostus praecurrens Westrop et al. p. 812
2004Pentagnostus praecurrens Laurie
2017Pentagnostus praecurrens Naimark and Pegel p. 1186

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyAgnostoideaM'Coy 1849
familyPeronopsidaeWestergard 1936
genusPentagnostusLermontova 1940
speciespraecurrens()

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.

Pentagnostus praecurrens Westergård 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Ontogeny: accretion, moltingsuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:59:08
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:36:38
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy 2009, Robison 1994

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Amgan or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Ptychagnostus praecurrens (84412 84413 84415 84416 84417 84418 84419 84420 84421 84422 84423 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436 84437)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan Pentagnostus praecurrens (9970)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Ptychagnostus praecurrens (171309)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Ptychagnostus praecurrens (122094)
Tuesaian505.3 - 503.0Kazakhstan Pentagnostus praecurrens (118054 118085)