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Nileus exarmatus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus exarmatus was named by Tjernvik (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Nileus exarmatus Tjernvik

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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
speciesexarmatusTjernvik 1956

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 exarmatus Tjernvik 1956
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Nileus exarmatus lineatus Schrank 1972
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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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:33:48
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:34:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Volkhov or 486.85000 to 469.10000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Iran Nileus exarmatus (66867)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Iran Nileus exarmatus (66868)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Sweden Nileus exarmatus (192904 198162 198167 198181)
Langevoja472.1 - 469.1Sweden Nileus exarmatus (198106)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden Nileus exarmatus (198120 198133 198147 198148)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden (Bornholm) Nileus exarmatus (173564 173600)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Iran Nileus exarmatus (66865 66874)