Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Synonyms: Agalatus Lisogor 1961, Diatemnus Raymond 1937, Inkouia Zhang and Fan 1960, Mendoparabolina Rusconi 1951
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Fortey 1974, Fortey and Droser 1999, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhou and Zhen 2008
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Magnomma, Nericiaspis, Oleninae, Olenus, Parabolina, Parabolinella, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites, Wujiajiania
Subtaxa: 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 Bienvillia tetragonalis Mendoparabolina brevicauda Mendoparabolina nyensis Mendoparabolina pirquinensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Norway (2 collections)
• Billingen of Norway (1)
• Arenigian of Argentina (26)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (52), Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), China (4), Mexico (3), Norway (8), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Nevada)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (3), Canada (9: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (8: Nevada)
Total: 135 collections including 140 occurrences
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