Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Alternative combinations: Parabolinella tetragonalis, Triarthrus tetragonalis
Belongs to Bienvillia according to M. F. Tortello and S. B. Esteban 2016
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Ludvigsen and Tuffnell 1983 and Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
Sister taxa: Bienvillia angelini, Bienvillia australis, Bienvillia brevica, Bienvillia cavernosa, Bienvillia chaya, Bienvillia corax, Bienvillia eurekensis, Bienvillia grandis, Bienvillia inkouensis, Bienvillia jana, Bienvillia jiangshanensis, Bienvillia kichka, Bienvillia lata, Bienvillia papulosa, Bienvillia parchaensis, Bienvillia praecalva, Bienvillia rectifrons, Bienvillia shinetonensis, Bienvillia stikta, Mendoparabolina pirquinensis, Mendoparabolina brevicauda, Mendoparabolina nyensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (15 collections), Bolivia (1), China (1), Mexico (1), Norway (1)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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