Ptychopariida

Wongia acalle

Order Ptychopariida / Suborder Ptychopariina / Superfamily Ptychoparioidea / Family Diceratocephalidae

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Shandong and other parts of North China
Wongia acalle — photo 1
Photo 1 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Wongia acalle — photo 2
Photo 2 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Wongia acalle — photo 3
Photo 3 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Wongia acalle — photo 4
Photo 4 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Wongia acalle — photo 5
Photo 5 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Wongia acalle — photo 6
Photo 6 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Wongia acalle — photo 7
Photo 7 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Wongia acalle — photo 8
Photo 8 · Agraulos acalle; Inouyia? acalle; Lorenzella acalle; Lorenzella ? ogurai; Lorenzella kushanensis; Cyclolorenzella Type specimen figures (Shandong; Zhang et al., Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton 1987) (Shandong; Guodong) (Shandong; Baozi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Meraspid specimen (Shandong; (Shandong; Baishui) Liangliang Fengqing) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Shandong; Yimeng Shanren)
Classification
Order Ptychopariida / Suborder Ptychopariina / Superfamily Ptychoparioidea / Family Diceratocephalidae
Genus
Wongia Sun, 1924
Genus author
Sun Yunchu
Genus etymology
Wong, a surname, in honour of Mr. Weng Wenhao, one of the founders of geological science in China
Species
W. acalle (Walcott, 1905)
Species author
Walcott C. D.
Species etymology
Acalle, also Acacallis, in Greek mythology the daughter of King Minos of Crete and Pasiphaë
Age
Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)
Distribution
Shandong and other parts of North China
Synonyms
acalle; Cyclolorenzella ogurai; C. kushanensis; C. normalis; C. magezhuangensis; Cyclolorenzella denonata; Cyclolorenzella valida; Cyclolorenzella hebeiensis hebeiensis; Cyclolorenzella hebeiensis tangshanensis; C. uniforma; Jiulongshania longa; J. acalle; J. acalla; Wongia acalla
Diagnosis
Specimens small, generally under 1 cm, surface smooth. Cranidium long-semi-elliptical; glabella convex, truncate-conical with rounded front; occipital ring convex, semi-elliptical; palpebral lobes rather short, positioned in the anterior part opposite the glabella; the preglabellar field bears two shallow short oblique furrows opposite the anterior lateral corners of the glabella; librigenae narrow and long with rather long genal spines. Thorax of 9 segments, pleurae paddle-shaped. Pygidium subrhomboidal with acute lateral ends and a broadly rounded posterior margin.