Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: B. G. Waisfeld and N. E. Vaccari. 2006. Revision de la Biozona de Ogygiocaris araiorhachis (Trilobita, Tremadociano tardio) en la region de Pascha-Incamayo, Cordillera Oriental, Argentina. Part 2. Sistematica. Ameghiniana 43(4):729-744
Belongs to Bienvillia according to B. G. Waisfeld and N. E. Vaccari 2006
Sister taxa: Bienvillia angelini, Bienvillia australis, Bienvillia brevica, Bienvillia cavernosa, Bienvillia chaya, Bienvillia corax, Bienvillia eurekensis, Bienvillia grandis, Bienvillia inkouensis, Bienvillia jiangshanensis, Bienvillia kichka, Bienvillia lata, Bienvillia papulosa, Bienvillia parchaensis, Bienvillia praecalva, Bienvillia rectifrons, Bienvillia shinetonensis, Bienvillia stikta, Bienvillia tetragonalis, Mendoparabolina brevicauda, Mendoparabolina pirquinensis
Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 22093, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pascha-Incamayo, collection 1, which is in a Tremadocian marine mudstone in the Saladillo Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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