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Poronileus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Poronileus was named by Fortey (1975). Its type is Poronileus fistulosus.

It was assigned to Nileidae by Fortey (1975) and Fortey and Droser (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Poronileus Fortey
1999Poronileus Fortey and Droser p. 195

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPoronileus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Poronileus Fortey 1975
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Poronileus fistulosus Fortey 1975
Poronileus isoteloides Fortey 1975
Poronileus jugatus Fortey 1975
Poronileus vallancei Fortey 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the to the top of the Whiterockian or 470.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) P. fistulosus, P. vallancei (104653)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) P. fistulosus (106478) P. isoteloides, P. vallancei (106480) P. jugatus (106477)