Paranephrolenellus
| Paranephrolenellus Temporal range: Toyonian (Upper Olenellus-zone) 516–513Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Redlichiida |
| Suborder: | Olenellina |
| Superfamily: | Olenelloidea |
| Family: | Biceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Biceratopsinae |
| Genus: | Paranephrolenellus Webster, 2007 |
| Species | |
Paranephrolenellus is an extinct genus of trilobite, fossil marine arthropods. Currently four species are attributed to it. Paranephrolenellus lived at the end of the Lower Cambrian.[1]
Etymology
Paranephrolenellus is named for the close similarity of this genus to Nephrolenellus. The names of the species are derived as follows.
- P. besti is named in honor of R.V. Best, for his work on the olenelloids of the Laurentian Cordillera.
- P. inflatus refers to the inflation of the lateral cephalic border and base of the genal spines.
- P. klondikensis is named for Klondike Gap, Chief Range, where the species was first discovered.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 M., Webster (2007). "Paranephrolenellus, a new genus of Early Cambrian olenelloid trilobite" (PDF). Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 34: 31–59.
- ↑ Peel, J.S. (2011). "Olenelloid trilobites from Cambrian Series 2 of Devon Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 48 (part 11): 1471–1482. doi:10.1139/E11-048.