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Metagraulos

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Agraulidae

Taxonomy
Metagraulos was named by Kobayashi (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 472]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Agraulidae by Zhang and Yuan (1981); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Metagraulos Kobayashi
1981Metagraulos Zhang and Yuan
2002Metagraulos Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyAgraulidaeRaymond 1913
genusMetagraulosKobayashi 1935

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. †Metagraulos Kobayashi 1935
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Metagraulos dolon Walcott 1905
Metagraulos sampoensis Kobayashi 1961
Metagraulos truncatus Zhang and Yuan 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-07 05:21:47
Modified: 2010-01-07 07:21:47
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Taijangian or 506.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5South Korea M. sampoensis (232929 232930)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Henan) M. dolon (129144)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Shanxi) M. sp. (125221)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Nei Mongol) M. truncatus (125424)