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Protolenus (Hupeolenus)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Hupeolenus was named by Geyer (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 928]. It is not extant. Its type is Protolenus (Hupeolenus) hupei.

It was reranked as Protolenus (Hupeolenus) by El Albani et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Ellipsocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protolenus by El Albani et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Protolenus (Hupeolenus) hupei (type species), Protolenus (Hupeolenus) termierelloides
Species lacking formal opinion data
Protolenus bergstroemi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Hupeolenus Geyer
2002Hupeolenus Jell and Adrain p. 386
2002Hupeolenus Sepkoski
2024Protolenus (Hupeolenus) El Albani et al. p. S7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyProtoleninae(Richter and Richter)
genusProtolenusMatthew 1892
subgenusHupeolenus(Geyer 1990)

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.

Subg. †Protolenus (Hupeolenus) Geyer 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Toyonian to the top of the Stage 4 or 512.90000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Morocco Protolenus dimarginatus, Protolenus hupei, Protolenus termierelloides (9801)
Stage 4514.0 - 509.0Morocco Protolenus sp. (235700)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Spain (Zaragoza) Protolenus jilocanus, Protolenus dimarginatus, Protolenus termierelloides (233072)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Germany Protolenus bergstroemi (162993 162994 162996 162997)