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Paranephrolenellus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trilobita

Suborder
  
Olenellina

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Redlichiida

Superfamily
  
Olenelloidea

Similar
  
Nephrolenellus, Peachella, Bristolia, Olenellus

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.

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.

    • References

    Paranephrolenellus Wikipedia
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