Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina. 1993. Through a glass darkly: taxonomy, phylogeny, and biostratigraphy of the Olenellina. The University Of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 3:1-35
Parent taxon: Olenellus according to A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993
See also Lieberman 1998, Lieberman 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Olenellus (Angustolenellus), Olenellus (Georgiellus), 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 schucherti, Olenellus thompsoni, Olenellus walcotti, Olenellus wanneri
Subtaxa: none
Type: Holmia hyperborea
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Olenellus (Mesolenellus) in the database