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Bienvillia

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Bienvillia was named by Clark (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378,795].

It was assigned to Triarthrinae by Poulsen (1959); to Oleninae by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968); to Balnibarbiinae by Fortey and Droser (1999); to Olenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Bienvillia Clark
1937Diatemnus Raymond
1951Mendoparabolina Rusconi
1959Bienvillia Poulsen
1960Inkouia Zhang and Fan
1961Agalatus Lisogor
1968Bienvillia Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 788
1999Bienvillia Fortey and Droser p. 187
2002Bienvillia Jell and Adrain p. 349
2002Inkouia Jell and Adrain p. 388
2002Bienvillia 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
genusBienvilliaClark 1924

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. †Bienvillia Clark 1924
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†Bienvillia angelini Linnarsson 1869
Bienvillia australis Rusconi 1951
†Bienvillia brevica Xiang and Zhang 1984
†Bienvillia cavernosa Lisogor 1961
†Bienvillia chaya Waisfeld and Vaccari 2009
†Bienvillia corax Billings 1865
†Bienvillia eurekensis Taylor et al. 2024
†Bienvillia grandis Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
†Bienvillia inkouensis Chang and Fan 1960
†Bienvillia jana Waisfeld and Vaccari 2006
†Bienvillia kichka Waisfeld and Vaccari 2006
†Bienvillia lata Chu et al. 1979
†Bienvillia papulosa Fortey 1974
†Bienvillia parchaensis Harrington and Leanza 1957
†Bienvillia praecalva Fortey and Owens 1978
†Bienvillia rectifrons Harrington 1938
†Bienvillia stikta Fortey 1974
†Bienvillia tetragonalis Harrington 1938
Invalid names: Diatemnus Raymond 1937 [synonym], Inkouia Zhang and Fan 1960 [synonym], Mendoparabolina Rusconi 1951 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 12:36:50
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:36:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Rangerian or 490.20000 to 470.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 488.9 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) B. eurekensis, Mendoparabolina nyensis (235561 278112) B. sp. (278113 278114 278116)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. corax (81269 81270 81285 81286)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Nevada) B. sp. (203998)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Argentina Mendoparabolina pirquinensis, B. australis (235993)
Stage 10491.0 - 486.85Argentina (Mendoza) Mendoparabolina brevicauda (210850)
Stage 10491.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) B. sp. (276606)
Stage 10 - Tremadoc491.0 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Triarthrus tetragonalis (115828)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Argentina (Mendoza) Mendoparabolina pirquinensis (9931)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) B. corax (224136 224138 224139 224140)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. corax (105857)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) B. sp. (75438)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) B. sp. (104505)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1United Kingdom Triarthrus shinetonensis (278129)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1China (Qinghai) Inkouia lata (278130)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) B. jana (276324) B. jana, B. parchaensis (276327) B. kichka (235372) B. parchaensis (235373 276325 276328 276329) B. rectifrons (208321 208330 208331 208334 208335) B. tetragonalis (208306 208307 208309)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1China Inkouia brevica, Inkouia cavernosa (276268)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1China (Zhejiang) B. tetragonalis (278146)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland) B. corax (198242)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) B. sp. (136917 136934 136935 136944 136946 136947 136948 136949)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) B. sp. (74338) Triarthrus rectifrons (115819 115982 115983 116054 116079) Triarthrus shinetonensis (115756 115757 115758 115816) Triarthrus tetragonalis (115783 115805 115829 115836 115873)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Norway (Ovre Oren) B. angelini (75288)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Zhejian) Inkouia jiangshanensis (235380)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Triarthrus rectifrons (115656 115663 115669) Triarthrus tetragonalis (9087 9090 9092 9093 9099 9100 115582)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. sp. (78091)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Sweden Triarthrus angelini (3107 3108)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Mexico (Oaxaca) B. grandis (9837 9841) Triarthrus tetragonalis (9826)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia Triarthrus tetragonalis (8840)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina B. sp. (66205 66258)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Norway (Oslo) B. tetragonalis (167677) Triarthrus angelini (3183 167678)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Sweden B. angelini (172663)
Varangu - Volkhov483.8 - 469.1Norway (Oslo-Asker) Triarthrus angelini (190110)
Migneintian481.1 - 477.1United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (3710)
Moridunian477.1 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) B. praecalva (194957 235375 235376)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Argentina B. chaya (207950 207951)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Norway (Spitsbergen) B. sp. (76649)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GanSu) Inkouia sp. (8568)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina B. sp. (8777 8872)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom B. praecalva (236351)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (Salta) Triarthrus parchaensis (115838 115842 115843 115844 115845 115846 115847 115849 115851 115852 115856 115857 115858 115859 115860 115861 115862 115863 115864 115865 115866 115867 115868 115869 115870 115871)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) B. stikta (106473)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) B. stikta (106471 106472 106475)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) B. papulosa (104653)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Triarthrus papulosus (106476 106477)