Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1968. Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):767-800
Belongs to Parabolinella according to R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor 1968
Sister taxa: Parabolinella argentinensis, Parabolinella bisulcata, Parabolinella bolbifrons, Parabolinella clarisae, Parabolinella coelatifrons, Parabolinella contracta, Parabolinella hecuba, Parabolinella hunanensis, Parabolinella jiangnanensis, Parabolinella lata, Parabolinella limitis, Parabolinella panosa, Parabolinella pompadouris, Parabolinella triarthra, Parabolinella triarthroides, Parabolinella tumifrons, Parabolinella variabilis
Type specimen: USNM 158990, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is USNM 16002b, Tinu Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico - Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968, which is in the Tremadoc of limestone/shale the Tinu Formation Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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