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Olenoides steptoensis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Olenoides steptoensis was named by Fritz (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 153584, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pioche Shale, Bed 71, which is in a Delamaran carbonate shale/limestone in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Olenoides steptoensis Fritz pp. 199-200 figs. Pl. 39, figs. 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusOlenoidesMeek 1877
speciessteptoensis

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.

Olenoides steptoensis Fritz 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:30:08
Modified: 2009-04-21 12:00:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Olenoides steptoensis (155979 type locality: 155985)