Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Arthricocephalus (Arthricocephalites) granulus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Arthricocephalus granulus was named by Chien and Lin (1977). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Arthricocephalus (Arthricocephalites) granulus by Zhang et al. (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Arthricocephalus granulus Chien and Lin
1980Arthricocephalus (Arthricocephalites) granulus Zhang et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusArthricocephalusBergeron 1899
subgenusArthricocephalitesChien and Lin 1974
speciesgranulus(Chien and Lin 1977)

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.

show all | hide all
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Duyunian or 514.00000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Jiangsu) Arthricocephalus granulus (127385)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Zhejiang) Arthricocephalus granulus (125530 125681)