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Olenellus (Olenelloides)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus (Olenelloides) was named by Peach (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u]. Its type is Olenellus (Olenelloides) armatus.

It was reranked as Olenelloides by Walcott (1910), Palmer and Repina (1993), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Olenellus by Peach (1894); to Mesonacidae by Walcott (1910); to Laudoniinae by Palmer and Repina (1993); and to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Olenellus (Olenelloides) Peach pp. 668-669, and 671-674
1910Olenelloides Walcott p. 345
1993Olenelloides Palmer and Repina p. 25 fig. 4.8
2002Olenelloides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
subfamilyOlenellinae
genusOlenellusHall 1861
subgenusOlenelloidesPeach 1894

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.

Subg. †Olenellus (Olenelloides) Peach 1894
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993Latidoniinae with ccphalon subliexagonal in outline; prominent procranidial, genal, or intergenal spines at each angle of the hexagon. Intergenal spines close to glabella. L4 subglobular. Preglabellar field ab- sent. Width of narrow interocular area about equal to width of equally narrow ex traocular area opposite midlength of ocular lobe. Posterior tips of ocular lobes opposite 1.2. Thorax of nine segments; axis wider than inner part of pleural region exclusive of spines; third and sixth thoracic segments macropleural.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 08:45:18
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:04:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available