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Olenus

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Olenus was named by Dalman (1827) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,81]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Olenellus (Olenus) by Ford (1871).

It was assigned to Olenellus by Ford (1871); to Olenidae by Bao and Jago (2000), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Olenus Dalman
1871Olenellus (Olenus) Ford p. 33
1965Simulolenus Palmer p. 55
2000Olenus Bao and Jago p. 900
2002Olenus Jell and Adrain p. 413
2002Olenus Sepkoski
2002Simulolenus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusOlenusDalman 1827

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Olenus Dalman 1827
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Olenus alpha Henningsmoen 1957
Olenus asiaticus Kobayashi 1944
Olenus attenuatus Boeck 1838
Olenus austriacus Yang 1977
Olenus gibbosus Wahlenberg 1821
Olenus intermedius Chu et al. 1979
Olenus punctatus Peng et al. 2004
Olenus rotundatus Westergård 1922
Olenus sinensis Lu 1964
Olenus solitarius Westergard 1922
Olenus transversus Westergård 1922
Olenus truncatus Brünnich 1854
Invalid names: Simulolenus Palmer 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available