Trilobita - 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 Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1910
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, 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, 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 austriacus Olenus gibbosus Olenus sinensis Olenus solitarius Simulolenus granulatus Simulolenus quadrisulcatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), China (9), Kazakhstan (8), Norway (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Arkansas, Nevada, Nevada and Utah, Texas)
• Taoyuanian of China (1)
Total: 45 collections including 48 occurrences
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