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Nileus orbiculatoides

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus exarmatus orbiculatoides was named by Schrank (1972).

It was recombined as Nileus orbiculatoides by Fortey (1975).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Nileus exarmatus orbiculatoides Schrank
1975Nileus orbiculatoides Fortey p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusNileusDalman 1827
speciesorbiculatoides(Schrank 1972)

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

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Volkhov or 470.00000 to 469.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden (Bornholm) Nileus orbiculatoides (173564 173600 173625 173626)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden Nileus orbiculatoides (198122 198126)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Nileus orbiculatoides (106478)