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Protopresbynileus willdeni

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Pseudonileus willdeni was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26301-3 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26300 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was misspelled as Protopresbynileus wildeni by Ross (1970); it was recombined as Protopresbynileus willdeni by Hintze (1954) and Adrain et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pseudonileus willdeni Hintze p. 224 figs. Pl. 15, figs. 14a-c
1954Protopresbynileus willdeni Hintze
1970Protopresbynileus wildeni Ross p. 32
2009Protopresbynileus willdeni Adrain et al. p. 563 figs. Fig. 13 J, N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusProtopresbynileusHintze 1954
specieswilldeni()

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.

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Diagnosis
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