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Nephrolenellus multinodus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus multinodus was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 177225 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Nephrolenellus.

It was recombined as Nephrolenellus multinodus by Palmer and Repina (1993), Lieberman (1999) and Webster (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Olenellus multinodus Palmer and Halley pp. 72-73 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 4
1993Nephrolenellus multinodus Palmer and Repina p. 24
1999Nephrolenellus multinodus Lieberman p. 129
1999Nephrolenellus jasperensis Lieberman p. 132 fig. 20.6
2007Nephrolenellus multinodus Webster p. 1173 figs. Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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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
familyBiceratopsidae
genusNephrolenellus
speciesmultinodus()

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.

†Nephrolenellus multinodus Palmer and Halley 1979
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Invalid names: Nephrolenellus jasperensis Lieberman 1999 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. S. Lieberman 1999 (Nephrolenellus jasperensis)Posteromedial part of L4 at same elevation as glabella at L3; entire margin of S3 arched furthest anteriorly at point midway between midline of glabella and axial furrows; medial and distal tips of S2 deflected as far forward anteriorly; S2 arching first anteriorly then posteriorly when going from medial to lateral tip; posterior margin of ocular lobes de- veloped opposite medial part of distal margin of L1; medial part of intergenal angle devel- oped at point about two-thirds of way between distal tip of ocular lobes and genal spine angle; intergenal angle forms 30 to 35 degree angle with transverse line; genal spine angle opposite distal edge of medial margin of L0.