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Nileus glazialis costatus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus glazialis costatus was named by Fortey (1975). Its type specimen is PMO NF 1651, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Nileus glazialis costatus Fortey p. 41 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 5, 8, 10

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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
speciesglazialis(Schrank 1973)
subspeciescostatus

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Billingen or 475.60000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Nileus glazialis (106473)