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Presbynileus elongatus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Paranileus elongatus was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26411, 26244-5 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26243 (AMNH), a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Presbynileus elongatus by Hintze (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Paranileus elongatus Hintze p. 199 figs. Pl. 12, fig. 3
1954Presbynileus elongatus Hintze

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPresbynileusHintze 1954
specieselongatus()

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.

†Presbynileus elongatus Hintze 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:05:53
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:05:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Paranileus elongatus (104127 105780) Presbynileus elongatus (69261)