Alternative combinations: Kochina americanus, Olenopsis americanus
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian geology and paleontology 2. No. 8: The Sardinian Cambrian genus Olenopsis in America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(8):239-249
Belongs to Kochina according to F. A. Sundberg 2004
See also Resser 1935 and Walcott 1912
Sister taxa: Kochina bosworthensis, Kochina macrops
Type specimen: USNM 58368-71. Its type locality is 4V. Gordon Creek, 9.6 km from the South Fork of Flathead River, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Gordon Shale Formation of Montana.
Distribution:
• Delamaran of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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