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Aponileus

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Aponileus was named by Hu (1963). Its type is Aponileus latus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Psephosthenaspis by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Bathyuridae by Adrain and McAdams (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Aponileus Hu
2012Aponileus Adrain and McAdams

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusAponileusHu 1963

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. †Aponileus Hu 1963
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Aponileus aasei Adrain and McAdams 2012
Aponileus belkaae Adrain and McAdams 2012
Aponileus glaber Poulsen 1927
Aponileus laikaae Adrain and McAdams 2012
Aponileus latus Hu 1963
Aponileus strelkaae Adrain and McAdams 2012
Aponileus ugolekae Adrain and McAdams 2012
Aponileus veterokae Adrain and McAdams 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available