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Olenellus gigas

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus gigas was named by Peach (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Olenellus gigas Peach pp. 666-667 fig. 1
1910Olenellus gigas Walcott p. 323 figs. Plate 40, Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
subfamilyOlenellinae
genusOlenellusHall 1861
speciesgigasPeach 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.

Olenellus gigas Peach 1894
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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: 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available