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†Olenoides proa Rusconi 1954 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Alternative combination: Cancapolia proa

Belongs to Olenoides according to M. F. Tortello 2023

Sister taxa: Olenoides abnormis, Olenoides brighamensis, Olenoides buttsi, Olenoides comptus, Olenoides curticei, Olenoides decorus, Olenoides evansi, Olenoides expansus, Olenoides hubeiensis, Olenoides maladensis, Olenoides nevadensis, Olenoides nitidus, Olenoides obrutchevi, Olenoides octaspinus, Olenoides paraptus, Olenoides pennsylvanicus, Olenoides pugio, Olenoides serratus, Olenoides skabelundi, Olenoides spencei, Olenoides steptoensis, Olenoides tranans, Olenoides vali, Olenoides wahsatchensis, Neolenus inflatus, Neolenus superbus, Neolenus intermedius

Type specimen: MCNAM 17445, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 200 m northwest of Estancia San Isidro (Cambrian of Argentina)

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