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Nileus affinis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus affinis was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1963. Includes GSC 720, 720a (formerly Nileus scrutator) according to Whittington 1965.]. Its type specimen is GSC 889a (lectotype), an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Nileus affinis Billings p. 275 figs. 261a, b

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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
speciesaffinisBillings 1865

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 affinis Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available