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Protopresbynileus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Protopresbynileus was named by Hintze (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795].

It was reranked as Presbynileus (Protopresbynileus) by Jaanusson (1959).

It was assigned to Presbynileus by Jaanusson (1959); to Asaphidae by Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pseudonileus Hintze p. 223
1954Protopresbynileus Hintze
1959Presbynileus (Protopresbynileus) Jaanusson
1999Protopresbynileus Fortey and Droser p. 193
2002Protopresbynileus Jell and Adrain p. 432
2002Protopresbynileus 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
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusProtopresbynileusHintze 1954

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. †Protopresbynileus Hintze 1954
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†Protopresbynileus divergens Fortey et al. 2024
Invalid names: Pseudonileus Hintze 1953 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Arenig or 480.80000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104564)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Presbynileus glaber (106475)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Nevada) P. wildeni (278 104511)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) P. sp. 2 (228298) P. willdeni (228300)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Nevada) P. sp. (291 104540)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) P. willdeni (228309) Pseudonileus sp. (104083 104084 104123 104135) Pseudonileus willdeni (104103 104105 104115 104132)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sp. (78092 78093)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Nevada) P. sp. (60038 64601)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (California) P. divergens (40732)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Pseudonileus sp. (104116)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) P. sp. (77181 104335 104338 104339)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) P. glaber (104653)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Iran Presbynileus sp. (66865)