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Megagraulos semicircularis

Trilobita - Wuaniidae

Taxonomy
Megagraulos semicircularis was named by Kobayashi (1961). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 317. Midway between Toma-ch'l and Ch'ondong-ni (Sendori), which is in a Taijangian marine sandstone in the Samposan Formation of South Korea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Megagraulos semicircularis Kobayashi pp. 230 - 231 figs. Plate XIII, Figures 1-4, (?) 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyWuaniidae
genusMegagraulosKobayashi 1935
speciessemicircularis

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.

Megagraulos semicircularis Kobayashi 1961
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taijangian or 506.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5South Korea Megagraulos semicircularis (type locality: 232931)