Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Full reference: A. T. Nielsen. 1995. Trilobite systematies, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Lower Ordovician Komstad Limestone and Huk Forrnations, southern Scandinavia. Fossils and Strata 38:1-374
Belongs to Nileus according to A. T. Nielsen 1995
Sister taxa: Nileus affinis, Nileus amplus, Nileus armadillo, Nileus australis, Nileus cingolanii, Nileus depressus, Nileus deynouxi, Nileus erici, Nileus exarmatus, Nileus gabata, Nileus glazialis, Nileus hesperaffinis, Nileus lacunosa, Nileus macrops, Nileus orbiculatoides, Nileus orbiculatus, Nileus petilus, Nileus porosus, Nileus scrutator, Nileus walcotti, Remopleuridioides preandinus
Type specimen: MGUH 22.889 (S 785), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Volkhov of Sweden (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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