Parabolinella contracta Lu and Zhou 1981 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Synonyms: Parabolinella lata Xiang and Zhang 1984, Parabolinella sayramensis Xiang and Zhang 1984

Belongs to Parabolinella according to Lu and Zhou 1981

See also Rushton 1988

Sister taxa: Parabolinella argentinensis, Parabolinella bisulcata, Parabolinella bolbifrons, Parabolinella clarisae, Parabolinella coelatifrons, Parabolinella hecuba, Parabolinella hunanensis, Parabolinella jiangnanensis, Parabolinella lata, Parabolinella limitis, Parabolinella panosa, Parabolinella pompadouris, Parabolinella prolata, Parabolinella triarthra, Parabolinella triarthroides, Parabolinella tumifrons, Parabolinella variabilis

Type specimens:

  • Parabolinella contracta: Its type locality is Hangwula Mountain, west of Nei, which is in a Niuchehean marine shale in the Hangwula Formation of Mongolia
  • Parabolinella lata: Its type locality is Bjerkåsholmen Penninsula, 3aγ, which is in a Varangu/Volkhov carbonate framestone in the Bjørkåsholmen Formation of Norway.
  • Parabolinella sayramensis:

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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