Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Alternative combinations: Fremontia fremonti, Olenellus (Fremontia) fremonti, Olenellus fremonti
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1910. Cambrian geology and paleontology. No. 6 - Olenellus and other genera of the Mesonacidæ. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(6):231-422
Belongs to Mesonacis according to B. S. Lieberman 1999
See also Harrington 1956, Lochman 1952, Palmer and Halley 1979, Resser 1928, Riccio 1952 and Walcott 1910
Sister taxa: Mesonacis bonnensis, Mesonacis cylindricus, Mesonacis eagerensis, Mesonacis hamoculus, Mesonacis vermontanus, Mesonacis wileyi, Fremontia canadensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Delamaran of United States (1: California collection)
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland), Mexico (1), United States (18: California, Nevada)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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