Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Synonyms: Olenellus jonasae Resser and Howell 1938, Olenellus nitidus Resser and Howell 1938, Olenellus nodosus Resser and Howell 1938, Olenellus similaris Resser and Howell 1938, Paedeumias eboracense Resser and Howell 1938, Paedeumias glabrum Resser and Howell 1938, Paedeumias yorkense Resser and Howell 1938

Full reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248

Belongs to Olenellus according to C. B. Skovsted 2006

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 getzi, Olenellus gigas, Olenellus gilberti, Olenellus howelli, Olenellus latilimbatus, Olenellus megafrontalis, Olenellus nevadensis, Olenellus parvofrontatus, Olenellus peculiaris, Olenellus puertoblancoensis, Olenellus robsonensis, Olenellus romensis, Olenellus schucherti, Olenellus thompsoni, Olenellus walcotti, Olenellus wanneri

Type specimens:

• Olenellus roddyi: Its type locality is USNM Loc. 12w. Fruitville, 3 miles north of Lancaster, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
• Olenellus jonasae: Its type locality is USNM locality 22L, half mile south of East Petersburg, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
• Olenellus nitidus: Its type locality is USNM locality 12x, Getz Quarry, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
• Olenellus nodosus: Its type locality is USNM locality 12x, Getz Quarry, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
• Olenellus similaris: Its type locality is USNM locality 8x, 2 miles north of york, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
• Paedeumias eboracense: Its type locality is USNM locality 8x, 2 miles north of york, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
• Paedeumias glabrum: Its type locality is USNM Loc. 12w. Fruitville, 3 miles north of Lancaster, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
• Paedeumias yorkense: Its type locality is USNM locality 8x, 2 miles north of york, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

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