Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae
Full reference: J. Destombes, J. Sougy, and S. Willefert. 1969. Révisions et découvertes paléontologiques (Brachiopodes, Trilobites, et Graptolites) dans le Cambro-Ordovicien du Zemmour (Mauritanie septentrionale). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 7(11):185-206
Belongs to Nileus according to J. Destombes et al. 1969
Sister taxa: Nileus affinis, Nileus amplus, Nileus armadillo, Nileus australis, Nileus cingolanii, Nileus depressus, Nileus erici, Nileus exarmatus, Nileus gabata, Nileus glazialis, Nileus hesperaffinis, Nileus kasachstanicus, Nileus lacunosa, Nileus macrops, Nileus orbiculatoides, Nileus orbiculatus, Nileus petilus, Nileus planiceps, Nileus porosus, Nileus scrutator, Nileus walcotti, Remopleuridioides preandinus
Type specimen: J.S5808/11, a cephalon/head.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nileus deynouxi in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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