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Nileus depressus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus depressus was named by Boeck (1838) [given as Trilobites depressus.].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Nileus depressus Boeck p. 142
1995Nileus depressus Nielsen pp. 248 - 258 figs. 180-188

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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
speciesdepressusBoeck 1838

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 depressus Boeck 1838
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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: base of the Volkhov to the top of the Darriwilian or 471.10000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden (Bornholm) Nileus depressus (173600 173625 173626)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Argentina (San Juan) Nileus depressus (195044)