Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1910. Cambrian geology and paleontology. No. 6 - Olenellus and other genera of the Mesonacidæ. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(6):231-422
Parent taxon: Olenellidae according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Palmer and Halley 1979, Palmer and Repina 1993, Schram 1984, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1910
Sister taxa: Arcuolenellus, Biceratops, Fritzolenellus, Gabriellinae, Gabriellus, Mesonacinae, Olenellinae, Teresellus
Subtaxa: Peachella brevispina Peachella iddingsi
Type: Olenellus iddingsi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (20: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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