Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens. 1978. Early Ordovician (Arenig) stratigraphy and faunas of the Carmarthen District, southwest Wales. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 30(3):225-294
Belongs to Bienvillia according to R.I. Murchison 1859
Sister taxa: Bienvillia angelini, Bienvillia australis, Bienvillia brevica, Bienvillia cavernosa, Bienvillia chaya, Bienvillia corax, Bienvillia eurekensis, Bienvillia grandis, Bienvillia inkouensis, Bienvillia jana, Bienvillia jiangshanensis, Bienvillia kichka, Bienvillia lata, Bienvillia papulosa, Bienvillia parchaensis, Bienvillia rectifrons, Bienvillia shinetonensis, Bienvillia stikta, Bienvillia tetragonalis, Mendoparabolina brevicauda, Mendoparabolina pirquinensis
Type specimen: BM(NH) It 14014, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Nant Cwmffrwd. 2A. 100 m at 314° from bridge at S end of Cwmffrwd, which is in a Moridunian submarine fan shale/sandstone in the Carmarthen Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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