Paranephrolenellus

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{{Taxobox

| name = Paranephrolenellus

| fossil_range = Toyonian (Upper Olenellus-zone) {{Geological range|516|513}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Trilobita

| ordo = Redlichiida

| subordo = Olenellina

| superfamilia = Olenelloidea

| familia = Biceratopsidae

| subfamilia = Biceratopsinae

| genus = Paranephrolenellus

| genus_authority = Webster, 2007

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • P. besti Webster, 2007 (Type)
  • P. cowiei Peel, 2011{{cite journal|last= Peel|first= J.S.|year=2011|title=Olenelloid trilobites from Cambrian Series 2 of Devon Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada|journal= Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|volume= 48|number=part 11|pages= 1471–1482|doi=10.1139/E11-048|bibcode= 2011CaJES..48.1471P}}
  • P. inflatus Webster, 2007
  • P. klondikensis Webster, 2007

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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.{{cite journal|first= Webster|last= M.|year= 2007|title= Paranephrolenellus, a new genus of Early Cambrian olenelloid trilobite|journal= Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists|volume= 34|pages= 31–59|url=http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~mwebster/Webster_2007c.pdf}}

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.

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