Paranephrolenellus

Paranephrolenellus Temporal range: Toyonian (Upper Olenellus-zone) 516–513 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Redlichiida
Suborder:	Olenellina
Superfamily:	Olenelloidea
Family:	Biceratopsidae
Subfamily:	Biceratopsinae
Genus:	Paranephrolenellus Webster, 2007
Species
P. besti Webster, 2007 (Type)^[1] P. cowiei Peel, 2011^[2] P. inflatus Webster, 2007^[1] P. klondikensis Webster, 2007^[1]

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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. Bibcode:2011CaJES..48.1471P. doi:10.1139/E11-048.

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