Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Synonyms: Diatemnus Raymond 1937, Mendoparabolina Rusconi 1951
Parent taxon: Triarthrinae according to Poulsen 1959
See also Fortey and Droser 1999, Jell and Adrain 2002, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Plesioparabolina, Porterfieldia, Rampartaspis, Triarthrus
Subtaxa: Bienvillia angelini Bienvillia chaya Bienvillia corax Bienvillia grandis Bienvillia jana Bienvillia kichka Bienvillia papulosa Bienvillia rectifrons Bienvillia stikta Bienvillia tetragonalis Mendoparabolina brevicauda
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Norway (2 collections)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), Norway (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (18), Canada (1: Newfoundland), Norway (4), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Nevada)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (24), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Mexico (3), Norway (1), Sweden (2)
• Ibexian of Norway (3)
• Cambrian of Argentina (2), Canada (9: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence
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