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Metagraulos

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4639636https://www.gbif.org/species/4639636
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21968https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21968
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Agraulidae : Metagraulos
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Agraulidae : Metagraulos
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyAgraulidaeRaymond 1913
genusMetagraulosKobayashi 1935
Scientific NameMetagraulos Kobayashi, 1935
Name Published InJ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Geol., 4
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Metagraulosgenusbelongs to Agraulidaestated without evidenceZhang and Yuan, 1981
Metagraulosgenusbelongs to Trilobitasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Redlichiida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Agraulidae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Redlichiida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Metagraulos dolon
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Metagraulos truncatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1935Metagraulos Kobayashi
1981Metagraulos Zhang and Yuan
2002Metagraulos Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Zhang W. T., Yuan J. L. (1981) Trilobites from the Hsuchuang Formation (lower Middle Cambrian) in western marginal parts of the North China Platform, Geological Society of America Special Paper 187, 161-175
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Geol., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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