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Nileus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus was named by Dalman (1827) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Ashg-m].

It was reranked as Illaenus (Nileus) by Foerste (1886).

It was assigned to Illaenus by Foerste (1886); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nileidae by Neuman (1964), Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999), Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Nileus Dalman
1886Illaenus (Nileus) Foerste
1957Remopleuridioides Harrington and Leanza
1964Nileus Neuman
1975Nileus Fortey
1999Nileus Fortey and Droser p. 193
1999Nileus Hoel
2002Nileus Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002Nileus Sepkoski

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

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. †Nileus Dalman 1827
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Nileus affinis Billings 1865
Nileus amplus Zhou et al. 2014
Nileus australis Tortello and Esteban 2014
Nileus cingolanii Tortello and Esteban 2016
Nileus depressus Boeck 1838
Nileus deynouxi Destombes et al. 1969
Nileus erici Tortello and Esteban 2016
Nileus exarmatus Tjernvik 1956
Nileus exarmatus lineatus Schrank 1972
Nileus gabata Dean 1973
Nileus glazialis Schrank 1973
Nileus hesperaffinis Ross and Barnes 1967
Nileus lacunosa Whittington 1965
Nileus macrops Billings 1865
Nileus orbiculatoides Schrank 1972
Nileus orbiculatus Tjernvik 1956
Nileus petilus Xia 1978
Nileus planiceps Nielsen 1995
Nileus porosus Fortey 1975
Nileus scrutator Billings 1865
Nileus walcotti Endo 1932
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Invalid names: Nileus liangshanensis Lu 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Remopleuridioides Harrington and Leanza 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available