Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Hypermecaspis, Inkouia, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Lisania, Magnomma, Marjumia, Nericiaspis, Oleninae, Olenus, Parabolinella, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites, Wujiajiania
Subtaxa: Parabolina (Neoparabolina) Parabolina argentina Parabolina kobayashii Parabolina monstruosa Parabolina pheidolopyge
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (3 collections)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (42), Bolivia (4), the Czech Republic (1), Mexico (1), Norway (1), Venezuela (1)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)
• Taoyuanian of the Russian Federation (4)
• Cambrian of Argentina (50), Canada (1: Yukon), Kazakhstan (6), Norway (9), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 140 collections including 153 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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