Palaeolenus

Palaeolenus
Temporal range: Late Botomian
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[1]

a pair of Palaeolenus douvillei, 7mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Family: Palaeolenidae
Genus: Palaeolenus[2]
Mansuy, 1912
Species
  • P. douvillei Mansuy, 1912
synonyms P. brevicus, P. deprati, Megapalaeolenus deprati, M. majiashanensis , M. guizhouensis, M. magnus, M. granulatus, M. expanus, M. luquanensis
  • P. lantenoisi Mansuy, 1912
synonyms P. tingi, P. minor, P. planilimbatus, P. liantuoensis, P. yangziensis, Megapalaeolenus obsoletus, M. yichangensis
Synonyms

Megapalaeolenus

Palaeolenus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage,[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ↑ Lin, Tianrui; Peng, Shanchi (2004). "New material of Palaeolenus (trilobite, Cambrian) from the eastern Yangtze Gorge Area, western Hubei". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 43 (1): 32–42.