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Pseudagnostus securiger

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Diplagnostidae

Taxonomy
Agnostus securiger was named by Lake (1906). Its type specimen is GSM57650, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sulcatagnostus securiger by Kobayashi (1937); it was recombined as Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) securiger by Shergold (1977); it was recombined as Pseudagnostus securiger by Choi et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Agnostus securiger Lake
1937Sulcatagnostus securiger Kobayashi
1977Pseudagnostus (Sulcatagnostus) securiger Shergold
2004Pseudagnostus securiger Choi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusPseudagnostusJaekel 1909
speciessecuriger(Lake 1906)

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.

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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: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:11:19
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:11:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Steptoean or 495.20000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) Pseudagnostus securiger (219685)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Sulcatagnostus securiger (55231)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85South Korea Pseudagnostus securiger (133444 133446 133447 133448 133449 133450)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Pseudagnostus securiger (132504)