Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Alternative combinations: Barrandia thompsoni, Elliptocephala thompsoni, Olenellus (Olenellus) thompsoni, Olenus thompsoni, Paradoxides thompsoni
Belongs to Olenellus according to B. S. Lieberman 1999
See also Hall 1862, Lesley 1889, Lieberman 1998, Miller 1889, Palmer and Repina 1993, Resser and Howell 1938, Walcott 1886, Walcott 1891 and Walcott 1910
Sister taxa: Olenellus (Angustolenellus), Olenellus (Georgiellus), Olenellus (Mesolenellus), Olenellus (Olenelloides), Olenellus (Olenellus), Olenellus (Paedeumias), Olenellus agellus, Olenellus alius, Olenellus brachyomma, Olenellus bufrontis, Olenellus buttsi, Olenellus clarki, Olenellus claytoni, Olenellus crassimarginatus, Olenellus georgiensis, Olenellus getzi, Olenellus gigas, Olenellus gilberti, Olenellus howelli, Olenellus latilimbatus, Olenellus megafrontalis, Olenellus nevadensis, Olenellus parvofrontatus, Olenellus peculiaris, Olenellus puertoblancoensis, Olenellus robsonensis, Olenellus roddyi, Olenellus romensis, Olenellus santuccii, Olenellus schucherti, Olenellus terminatus, Olenellus walcotti, Olenellus wanneri
Type specimen: YPM 8189
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (1: Vermont)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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