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Olenellus (Paedeumias) puertoblancoensis
Taxonomy
Paedeumias puertoblancoensis was named by Lochman (1952). Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. No.115703, a cephalon/head, and it is a mold.
It was recombined as Olenellus puertoblancoensis by Palmer and Halley (1979); it was recombined as Olenellus (Paedeumias) puertoblancoensis by Sundberg and McCollum (2003).
It was recombined as Olenellus puertoblancoensis by Palmer and Halley (1979); it was recombined as Olenellus (Paedeumias) puertoblancoensis by Sundberg and McCollum (2003).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1952 | Paedeumias puertoblancoensis Cooper et al. pp. 94-95 figs. 9-16 |
| 1952 | Paedeumias puertoblancoensis Lochman pp. 94-95 figs. 9-16 |
| 1979 | Olenellus puertoblancoensis Palmer and Halley p. 74 figs. Plate 4, figures 11, 14 |
| 2003 | Olenellus (Paedeumias) puertoblancoensis Sundberg and McCollum p. 953 figs. Plate 1, ®gures 2±3 |
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†Olenellus (Paedeumias) puertoblancoensis Lochman 1952
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. A. Cooper et al. 1952 | The species is very close to P.transitans Walcott. It appears to differ from that species only in the more rounded anterior lobe of the glabella and the straight posterior margin of the cephalon. As the type of P.transitans is a flattened, somewha tcrushed shale specimen, the author is unable to determine how much the difference in matrix has affected these details of the cephalon. She considers it feasible for the present to describe the Mexican material as a new species but to call attention to its close relation to P.transitans. In studying the species of Paedeumias the author concluded that nearly all the same features listed for Olenelliis constitute features of specific value in Paedeumias, i.e. (i) length of eye, (2) shape of anterior glabellar lobe, (3) width of brim and structure of median anterior ridge. In Paedeumias, however, there appears to be no variation in the width of the border, the narrow, rim like border being apparently a generic character. |