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Malongullia sinensis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Malongullia sinensis was named by Wei et al. (2023). Its type specimen is NIGP175922, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YZJZ-1, which is in a Katian deep subtidal ramp lime mudstone/mudstone in the Daduhe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Malongullia sinensis Wei et al. p. 345 figs. Fig. 9A

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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
speciessinensis

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 sinensis Wei et al. 2023
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2China Malongullia sinensis (type locality: 236254)