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Mesonacis cylindricus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus cylindricus was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grapevine Mountains, Carrara Fm, Eagle Mountain Shale Mbr. (USGS 4146-CO), which is in a Dyeran coastal siltstone in the Carrara Formation of California.

It was recombined as Mesonacis cylindricus by Lieberman (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Olenellus cylindricus Palmer and Halley p. 69 figs. pl. 2, figs. 9, 10, 13
1999Mesonacis cylindricus Lieberman p. 45 fig. 9.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
subfamilyMesonacinae(Walcott 1891)
genusMesonacis
speciescylindricus()

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.

Mesonacis cylindricus Palmer and Halley 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available