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Malongullia oepiki

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Malongullia oepiki was named by Webby et al. (1970). Its type specimen is SUP 7937, an exoskeleton, and it is a mold. Its type locality is L126. Trilobite Hill, near Cliefden Caves, which is in an Eastonian slope shale/siltstone in the Malongulli Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Malongullia oepiki Webby et al. p. 882 figs. Pl. 125, fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusMalongulliaWebby and Moors 1970
speciesoepiki

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.

Malongullia oepiki Webby et al. 1970
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Eastonian or 452.30000 to 449.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) Malongullia oepiki (type locality: 166916)