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Diplagnostus planicauda

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4639538https://www.gbif.org/species/4639538
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)201045https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=201045
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Diplagnostidae : Diplagnostus : Diplagnostus planicauda
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Diplagnostidae : Diplagnostus : Diplagnostus planicauda
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAgnostoideaM'Coy 1849
familyDiplagnostidaeWhitehouse 1936
genusDiplagnostusJaeckel 1909
speciesDiplagnostus planicaudaAngelin 1851
Generic NameDiplagnostus
Scientific NameDiplagnostus planicauda (Angelin, 1851)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Diplagnostus planicaudaspeciesbelongs to Agnostusstated with evidenceAngelin, 1851
Diplagnostus planicaudaspeciesbelongs to Diplagnostusstated with evidenceJell and Hughes, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance501 - 497 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Agnostida)
Visionblind (based on Diplagnostidae)
Dietdetritivore (based on Agnostida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Peng, N. C. Hughes, and N. A. Heim, B. K. Sell, X. Zhu, P. M. Myrow, S. K. Parcha. 2009. Cambrian Trilobites from the Parahio and Zanskar Valleys, Indian Himalaya. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 83(sp71):1-95

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Agnostus planicauda (Angelin, 1851)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Diplagnostidae : Diplagnostus : Agnostus planicauda
Diplagnostus qinlingensis Yang et al., 1993GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Diplagnostidae : Diplagnostus : Diplagnostus qinlingensis
Diplagnostus zhexiensis Lu & Lin, 1989GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Diplagnostidae : Diplagnostus : Diplagnostus zhexiensis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1851Agnostus planicauda Angelin
1989Diplagnostus zhexiensis Lu and Lin
1993Diplagnostus qinlingensis Yang et al.
1997Diplagnostus planicauda Jell and Hughes

References

Peng S., Hughes N. C., et al (2009) Cambrian Trilobites from the Parahio and Zanskar Valleys, Indian Himalaya, Journal of Paleontology Memoir 83 sp71, 1-95 doi:10.1666/08-129.1
Lu Y. H., Lin H. L. (1989) The Cambrian trilobites of western Zhejiang, Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 25, 1-287
Yang J., Yu S., et al (1993) , Cambrian stratigraphy, lithofacies, paleogeography and trilobite faunas of East Qinling-Dabashan Mountains, China, 1-246
J. Yang, S. Yu, G. Liu, N. Su, M. He, J. Shang, H. Zhang, H. Zhu, Y. Li, G. Yan (1993) Cambrian stratigraphy, lithofacies, paleogeography and trilobite faunas of East Qinling-Dabashan Mountains, China: 1--246 - via Catalogue of Life
S. Peng, N. C. Hughes, N. A. Heim, B. K. Sell, X. Zhu, P. M. Myrow, S. K. Parcha (2009) Cambrian Trilobites from the Parahio and Zanskar Valleys, Indian Himalaya: Journal of Paleontology Memoir sp71: 1--95 (10.1666/08-129.1) - via Catalogue of Life
S. Peng, R. A. Robison (2000) Agnostid biostratigraphy across the Middle-Upper Cambrian boundary in Hunan, China: Journal of Paleontology Memoir - via Catalogue of Life
Y. H. Lu, H. L. Lin (1989) The Cambrian trilobites of western Zhejiang: Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B: 1--287 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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