Agraulos

For the figures from Greek mythology, see Aglaurus. For the butterfly Agraulis vanillae, see Gulf fritillary.

Agraulos
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
~510–499 Ma
Agraulos ceticephalus Menevia Formation, Wales.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Ptychopariida
Family: †Solenopleuridae
Subfamily: †Agraulinae
Genus: †Agraulos
Hawle & Corda, 1847
Species
  • A. ceticephalus (Barrande, 1846)
  • A. socialis (Billings, 1872)
  • A. affinis (Billings, 1872)
  • A. lewisi Fletcher, 2017
Synonyms
Agraulos synonymy
  • Arion
    Barrande, 1846
  • non Arion
    Férussac, 1819
  • Arionides
    Barrande, 1847
  • Arionellus
    Barrande, 1850
  • Agrauloides
    Howell, 1937
A. ceticephalus synonymy
  • Arion ceticephalus
  • Arionides ceticephalus
  • Arionellus ceticephalus
  • Arionellus longicephalus

Agraulos is a genus of Solenopleuridae[1] trilobites that lived during the Middle Cambrian in North America and Europe, particularly the Czech Republic. The genus was named by Hawle & Corda in 1847.[2]

  1. ^ ANGELIN, N. P. (1854). Paleontologica Scandinavica. Pars 2. Crustacea formationis transitionis. Academiae Regiae Scientiorum Suecanae (Holmiae): I-IX + 21-92).
  2. ^ HAWLE, J. & CORDA, A. J. C. 1847. Prodrom einer Monographieder bohmischen Trilobiten. 176 pp. J. G. Calve, Prague