Palaeolenus

Palaeolenus; Temporal range: Late Botomian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	A pair of Palaeolenus douvillei, 7mm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Ptychopariida
Family:	†Palaeolenidae
Genus:	†Palaeolenus; Mansuy, 1912
Species
	P. douvillei Mansuy, 1912; synonyms P. brevicus, P. deprati, Megapalaeolenus deprati, M. majiashanensis , M. guizhouensis, M. magnus, M. granulatus, M. expanus, M. luquanensis P. lantenoisi Mansuy, 1912; synonyms P. tingi, P. minor, P. planilimbatus, P. liantuoensis, P. yangziensis, Megapalaeolenus obsoletus, M. yichangensis
Synonyms
	Megapalaeolenus; Schistocephalus;

Palaeolenus is an extinct genus of ptychopariid trilobites of the family Palaeolenidae. Species lived during the later part of the Botomian stage of the Cambrian Period,^[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period

References

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ Lin, Tianrui; Peng, Shanchi (2004). "New material of Palaeolenus (trilobite, Cambrian) from the eastern Yangtze Gorge Area, western Hubei". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 43 (1): 32–42. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-08.

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Palaeolenus Temporal range: Late Botomian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ ^[1]

A pair of Palaeolenus douvillei, 7mm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Ptychopariida
Family:	†Palaeolenidae
Genus:	†Palaeolenus Mansuy, 1912
Species^[2]
P. douvillei Mansuy, 1912 synonyms P. brevicus, P. deprati, Megapalaeolenus deprati, M. majiashanensis , M. guizhouensis, M. magnus, M. granulatus, M. expanus, M. luquanensis P. lantenoisi Mansuy, 1912 synonyms P. tingi, P. minor, P. planilimbatus, P. liantuoensis, P. yangziensis, Megapalaeolenus obsoletus, M. yichangensis
Synonyms
Megapalaeolenus Schistocephalus