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.
References
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Category:Cambrian trilobites of North America
Category:Cambrian genus extinctions
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