Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Full reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248
Belongs to Olenellus according to C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell 1938
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 crassimarginatus, Olenellus georgiensis, Olenellus getzi, Olenellus gigas, Olenellus gilberti, Olenellus howelli, Olenellus megafrontalis, Olenellus nevadensis, Olenellus parvofrontatus, Olenellus peculiaris, Olenellus puertoblancoensis, Olenellus robsonensis, Olenellus roddyi, Olenellus romensis, Olenellus santuccii, Olenellus schucherti, Olenellus thompsoni, Olenellus walcotti, Olenellus wanneri
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM locality 22L, half mile south of East Petersburg, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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