Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: C.D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 5. Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64:303-456
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to C.D. Walcott 1916
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Hypermecaspis, Inkouia, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Lisania, 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: Marjumia callas Marjumia newfoundlandensis Marjumia typa
Type: Owenella typa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (3: British Columbia, Newfoundland collections), Greenland (11), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
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