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Oleninae

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Oleninae Burmeister
1930Triarthrinae Ulrich
1957Oleninae Harrington and Leanza
1957Triarthrinae Harrington and Leanza
1965Triarthrinae Nikolaisen
1968Oleninae Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 785
1974Triarthrinae Fortey
1981Triarthrinae Owen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOleninaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOleninaeBurmeister 1843

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.

Subfm. †Oleninae Burmeister 1843
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G. †Plesioparabolina Harrington and Leanza 1942
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Plesioparabolina proparia Harrington and Leanza 1942
G. †Porterfieldia Cooper 1953
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Porterfieldia acava Edgecombe et al. 2005
Porterfieldia caecigena Raymond 1920
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Invalid names: Triarthrus reedi Raymond 1925 [synonym]
Porterfieldia convergens Whittard 1961
Porterfieldia cuadrata Waisfeld 2001
Porterfieldia fischeri Billings 1865
Porterfieldia maanssonae Edgecombe et al. 2005
Porterfieldia punctata Crosfield and Skeat 1896
Porterfieldia sinensis Chang and Fan 1965
Porterfieldia thor Fortey 1974
Porterfieldia turneri Baldis and Poethe 1995
G. †Rampartaspis Loch et al. 1993
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Rampartaspis dissimulosulcus Loch et al. 1993
Invalid names: Triarthrinae Ulrich 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Pusgillian or 490.20000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections (284 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cambrian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) Bienvillia eurekensis (235561)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Argentina Mendoparabolina pirquinensis (235993)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bienvillia corax (81269 81270 81285 81286)
Stage 10491.0 - 486.85Argentina (Mendoza) Mendoparabolina brevicauda (210850)
Stage 10 - Tremadoc491.0 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Triarthrus tetragonalis (115828)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Argentina (Mendoza) Mendoparabolina pirquinensis (9931)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) Bienvillia sp. (75438 203998)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Bienvillia corax (224136 224138 224139 224140)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bienvillia corax (105857)
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Bienvillia stikta (106471 106472 106475)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Triarthrus huguesensis (173008)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Triarthrus eatoni (26337)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Triarthrus canadensis (26299) Triarthrus canadensis, Triarthrus eatoni, Triarthrus huguesensis (26295) Triarthrus canadensis, Triarthrus spinosus (26298)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Triarthrus glaber, Triarthrus rougensis, Triarthrus spinosus, Triarthrus eatoni (184439) Triarthrus huguesensis (155412)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Québec) Triarthrus huguesensis (173121)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Triarthrus eatoni (26296) Triarthrus huguesensis, Triarthrus spinosus (26302)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Norway Triarthrus sp. (2949)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Jämtland) Triarthrus humilis (164510)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Triarthrus huguesensis (56000)
Wufeng - Rawtheyan449.4 - 445.2China (ShanXi) Triarthrus sp. (7881)