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Nileus australis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus australis was named by Tortello and Esteban (2014). Its type specimen is MLP 34226, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Nileus australis Tortello and Esteban p. 939 figs. Fig. 8.15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusNileusDalman 1827
speciesaustralis

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Nileus australis Tortello and Esteban 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. F. Tortello and S. B. Esteban 2014A Nileus species with a subrectangular, anteriorly truncate glabella; palpebral lobes small for the genus; test surface of pygidium with weak indications of a few terrace lines on anterolateral part of pleural fields; pygidial axis vaguely perceptible on internal molds, with undifferentiated axial rings; pygidial border very narrow; doublure covered with 14 terrace lines.