Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Inkouia, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Lisania, Magnomma, Marjumia, 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: Angelina hyeronimi Angelina kayseri Angelina latifrons Angelina sedgwickii Angelina spinosa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (43), Bolivia (6), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Mexico (16), United States (1: Texas)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (20)
Total: 92 collections including 96 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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