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Taxonomy
Nileus hesperaffinis was named by Ross and Barnes (1967) [Paratypes: USNM 145750-2, 145754-5.]. Its type specimen is USNM 145753, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Nileus hesperaffinis Ross and Barnes p. D13 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 22, 24 |
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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.
†Nileus hesperaffinis Ross and Barnes 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the to the top of the Dapingian or 470.30000 to 467.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rangerian | USA (Nevada) | Nileus hesperaffinis (104453 104653) | |
| Dapingian | USA (California) | Nileus hesperaffinis (104639) | |
| Whiterockian | USA (Nevada) | Nileus hesperaffinis (104451) |