Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Synonym: Moxomia Walcott 1924
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago 2000
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002, 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, Hypermecaspis, Inkouia, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Lisania, Magnomma, Marjumia, Nericiaspis, Oleninae, Olenus, Parabolina, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites, Wujiajiania
Subtaxa: Parabolinella argentinensis Parabolinella coelatifrons Parabolinella hecuba Parabolinella limitis Parabolinella prolata Parabolinella triarthroides Parabolinella tumifrons Parabolinella variabilis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (1 collection), Sweden (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (24), Canada (3: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), Norway (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (13: Nevada, Texas)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (59), Bolivia (3), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (1), Mexico (10), Norway (1), Sweden (1), United States (1: Vermont)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Cambrian of Argentina (32), Australia (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 173 collections including 185 occurrences
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