Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Alternative combination: Olenus triarthrus
Synonym: Parabolinella quadrata Matthew 1902
Full reference: C. Callaway. 1877. On a new area of Upper Cambrian rocks in south Shropshire, with a description of a new fauna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33(1-4):652-672
Belongs to Parabolinella according to D. S. Monti and V. A. Confalonieri 2013
See also Callaway 1877, Henningsmoen 1957 and Matthew 1902
Sister taxa: Parabolinella argentinensis, Parabolinella bisulcata, Parabolinella bolbifrons, Parabolinella clarisae, Parabolinella coelatifrons, Parabolinella contracta, Parabolinella hecuba, Parabolinella hunanensis, Parabolinella jiangnanensis, Parabolinella lata, Parabolinella limitis, Parabolinella panosa, Parabolinella pompadouris, Parabolinella prolata, Parabolinella triarthroides, Parabolinella tumifrons, Parabolinella variabilis
Type specimens:
- Parabolinella triarthra: Its type locality is Shineton, which is in a Tremadoc offshore shale in the Shineton Shales Formation of the United Kingdom
- Parabolinella quadrata: Its type locality is McLeod Brook, near Boisdale, which is in a Tremadoc marine shale in the McLeod Brook Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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