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Neseuretus arenosus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Neseuretus arenosus was named by Dean (1966). Its type specimen is BMNH 57754 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Neseuretus arenosus Dean pp. 313 - 318 figs. PI. 14, figs. 1, 4, 5, 7-9, 11
2005Neseuretus arenosus Turvey p. 551

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
genusNeseuretusHicks 1873
speciesarenosus

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Neseuretus arenosus Dean 1966
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. T. Dean 1966Species of Neseuretus with short {sag.), broad glabella and three pairs glabellar lobes, those of first pair poorly defined. Frontal glabellar lobe broad (tr.) with anterior margin slightly concave medially. Anterior area relatively short (sag.), moderately declined forwards, its dorsal surface uniformly and gently convex and unfurrowed. Eyes opposite first pair and most of second pair glabellar lobes. Frontal parts of fixigenae broad. Pygidium with six axial rings, and five or six pleural ribs plus anterior half-ribs.