Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Synonyms: Diatemnus Raymond 1937, Mendoparabolina Rusconi 1951
Parent taxon: Triarthrinae according to Poulsen 1959
See also Fortey and Droser 1999, Jell and Adrain 2002, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Plesioparabolina, Porterfieldia, Rampartaspis, Triarthrus
Subtaxa: Bienvillia angelini Bienvillia chaya Bienvillia corax Bienvillia eurekensis Bienvillia grandis Bienvillia jana Bienvillia kichka Bienvillia papulosa Bienvillia parchaensis Bienvillia praecalva Bienvillia rectifrons Bienvillia shinetonensis Bienvillia stikta Bienvillia tetragonalis Mendoparabolina brevicauda 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), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (47), Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), Mexico (3), Norway (5), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Nevada)
• Ibexian of Norway (3)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (3), Canada (9: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 119 collections including 121 occurrences
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