Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Alternative combination: Olenellus thompsoni crassimarginatus
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1910. Cambrian geology and paleontology. No. 6 - Olenellus and other genera of the Mesonacidæ. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(6):231-422
Belongs to Olenellus according to B. S. Lieberman 1999
See also Resser and Howell 1938 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 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM Loc25 Parkers Cobble, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Parker Slate Formation of Vermont.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (8: Labrador, Newfoundland collections), United States (1: Vermont)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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