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Paranephrolenellus

Paranephrolenellus
Temporal range: Toyonian (Upper Olenellus-zone) 516–513 Ma
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)
  • P. cowiei Peel, 2011
  • P. inflatus Webster, 2007
  • P. klondikensis Webster, 2007

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.

Paranephrolenellus is named for the close similarity of this genus to Nephrolenellus. The names of the species are derived as follows.


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