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Nileus amplus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Nileus amplus was named by Zhou et al. (2014). Its type specimen is NIGP 155319, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Collection NJ517, Dawangou, northwestern Tarim Basin, which is in a Katian slope lime mudstone/mudstone in the Qilang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Nileus amplus Zhou et al. pp. 79-80 figs. Fig. 38U, V

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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
speciesamplus

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 amplus Zhou et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available