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Paranephrolenellus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Paranephrolenellus was named by Webster (2007). Its type is Paranephrolenellus besti.

It was assigned to Biceratopsidae by Webster (2007).

Species
P. besti (type species), P. inflatus, P. klondikensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Paranephrolenellus Webster p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyBiceratopsidae
genusParanephrolenellus

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.

G. †Paranephrolenellus Webster 2007
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†Paranephrolenellus besti Webster 2007
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Webster 2007Biceratopsids with short, strongly divergent ocular lobes (posterior tip opposite or anterior to midlength of L1; line drawn from posterior tip of ocular lobe to contact between adaxial margin of ocular lobe and axial furrow forms angle of 25°-50° with sagittal axis). Glabella hourglass-shaped, constricted at S1 or L2; axial furrow shallow or absent at lateral margins of L1; S2 gently convex anteriorly, contacts axial furrow; S3 elongate furrow, oriented anterolaterally away from axis until contact with ocular lobes, contacts axial furrow; LA hemispherical to transversely oblate, summit slightly higher than more posterior glabellar lobes. Genal spine longer than length of LO (exsag.), base located at point of maximal cephalic width (tr., excluding genal spines). Fourteen prothoracic segments; pleural spine of T3 stout, macrospinous, blunt-tipped; first segment of opisthothorax with long axial spine. Summit of interocular area of higher dorsal elevation than summit of ocular lobes at small cephalic size (approximately 1.5 mm sagittal length).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available