Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Alternative spelling: Olenellus (Olenus)
Synonym: Simulolenus Palmer 1965
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago 2000
See also Harrington et al. 1959, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1910
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bienvillia, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Magnomma, Nericiaspis, Oleninae, Parabolina, Parabolinella, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites, Wujiajiania
Subtaxa: Olenus alpha Olenus asiaticus Olenus attenuatus Olenus austriacus Olenus gibbosus Olenus intermedius Olenus punctatus Olenus rotundatus Olenus sinensis Olenus solitarius Olenus transversus Olenus truncatus Simulolenus granulatus Simulolenus quadrisulcatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Australia (2), China (13), Kazakhstan (8), Norway (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (1), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (2), United States (17: Arkansas, Nevada, Nevada and Utah, Texas)
Total: 58 collections including 65 occurrences
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