Trilobita - Redlichiida - Wanneriidae
Alternative combination: Olenellus laxocules
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1972. Lower Cambrian trilobites from the Sekwi Formation type section, northwestern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 212
Belongs to Elliptocephala according to B. S. Lieberman 1999
See also Fritz 1972
Sister taxa: Elliptocephala asaphoides, Elliptocephala bicensis, Elliptocephala jaredi, Elliptocephala logani, Elliptocephala lundgreni, Elliptocephala mediocris, Elliptocephala mirabilis, Elliptocephala paraoculus, Elliptocephala parvifrons, Elliptocephala praenuntius, Elliptocephala sequomalus, Elliptocephala walcotti
Type specimen: GSC 27335, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73049, which is in a Cambrian marine limestone in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Alberta, Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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