Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Belongs to Olenellus according to I. W. Gapp and B. S. Lieberman 2014
See also Lieberman 1999 and Resser and Howell 1938
Sister taxa: Olenellus (Angustolenellus), Olenellus (Georgiellus), Olenellus (Mesolenellus), Olenellus (Olenelloides), Olenellus (Olenellus), Olenellus (Paedeumias), Olenellus agellus, Olenellus alius, Olenellus brachyomma, Olenellus bufrontis, Olenellus buttsi, Olenellus clarki, Olenellus claytoni, Olenellus crassimarginatus, Olenellus georgiensis, Olenellus gigas, Olenellus gilberti, Olenellus howelli, Olenellus latilimbatus, Olenellus megafrontalis, Olenellus nevadensis, Olenellus parvofrontatus, Olenellus peculiaris, Olenellus puertoblancoensis, Olenellus robsonensis, Olenellus roddyi, Olenellus romensis, Olenellus schucherti, Olenellus thompsoni, Olenellus walcotti, Olenellus wanneri
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM locality 12x, Getz Quarry, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Northern Territories, Yukon Territory collections), United States (2: Pennsylvania)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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