Artiopoda - 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, 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, Olenus, Parabolinella, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites, Wujiajiania
Subtaxa: Parabolina (Neoparabolina) Parabolina (Parabolina) Parabolina angusta Parabolina argentina Parabolina kobayashii Parabolina monstruosa Parabolina pheidolopyge
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (31 collections), Bolivia (4), Czechia (1), Mexico (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1), Venezuela (1)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)
• Taoyuanian of the Russian Federation (4)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (11), Norway (3), Poland (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (53), Canada (1: Yukon), Kazakhstan (6), Norway (10), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 146 collections including 162 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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