Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Alternative combination: Arcuolenellus megafrontalis
Full reference: N. E. Vaccari. 1988. Primer Hallazgo de Trilobites del Cambrico Inferior en la Provincia de la Rioja (Precordillera Sepfentrional). Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 43(4):558-561
Belongs to Olenellus according to N. E. Vaccari 1988
See also Fowler 1999
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 latilimbatus, Olenellus nevadensis, Olenellus parvofrontatus, Olenellus peculiaris, Olenellus puertoblancoensis, Olenellus robsonensis, Olenellus roddyi, Olenellus romensis, Olenellus schucherti, Olenellus thompsoni, Olenellus walcotti, Olenellus wanneri
Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 297-302
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Argentina (1 collection), United States (3: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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