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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 Nileidae by Neuman (1964), Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999), Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Illaenus (Nileus) by Foerste (1886).
It was assigned to Illaenus by Foerste (1886); to Nileidae by Neuman (1964), Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999), Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
N. affinis, N. amplus, N. armadillo, N. australis, N. cingolanii, N. depressus, N. deynouxi, N. erici, N. exarmatus, N. gabata, N. glazialis, N. hesperaffinis, N. lacunosa, N. macrops, N. orbiculatoides, N. orbiculatus, N. petilus, N. planiceps, N. porosus, N. scrutator, N. walcotti (syn. N. liangshanensis), Remopleuridioides preandinus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1827 | Nileus Dalman |
| 1886 | Illaenus (Nileus) Foerste |
| 1957 | Remopleuridioides Harrington and Leanza |
| 1964 | Nileus Neuman |
| 1975 | Nileus Fortey |
| 1999 | Nileus Fortey and Droser p. 193 |
| 1999 | Nileus Hoel |
| 2002 | Nileus Jell and Adrain p. 411 |
| 2002 | Nileus Sepkoski |
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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 armadillo Dalman 1826
†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 glazialis costatus Fortey 1975
†Nileus hesperaffinis Ross and Barnes 1967
†Nileus lacunosa Whittington 1965
†Nileus macrops Billings 1865
†Nileus orbiculatoides Schrank 1972
†Nileus orbiculatoides svalbardensis Fortey 1975
†Nileus orbiculatus Tjernvik 1956
†Nileus petilus Xia 1978
†Nileus planiceps Nielsen 1995
†Nileus porosus Fortey 1975
†Nileus scrutator Billings 1865
Invalid names: Remopleuridioides Harrington and Leanza 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available