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Poronileus vallancei

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Poronileus vallancei was named by Fortey (1975). Its type specimen is SMA 84263, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Poronileus vallancei Fortey p. 57 figs. Pl. 18, figs. 1-3

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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
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPoronileus
speciesvallancei

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.

Poronileus vallancei Fortey 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rangerian or 471.30000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Poronileus vallancei (104653)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Poronileus vallancei (106480)