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Mesolenellus hyperborea

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Holmia hyperborea was named by Poulsen (1974). Its type specimen is MMK 13008 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Olenellus (Mesolenellus).

It was recombined as Olenellus (Mesolenellus) hyperboreus by Palmer and Repina (1993); it was recombined as Mesolenellus hyperborea by Lieberman (1998) and Lieberman (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Holmia hyperborea Poulsen pp. 84-87 figs. pl. 1, fig. 4
1993Olenellus (Mesolenellus) hyperboreus Palmer and Repina p. 22
1998Mesolenellus hyperborea Lieberman p. 70
1999Mesolenellus hyperborea Lieberman p. 34

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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
subfamilyMesonacinae(Walcott 1891)
genusMesolenellus()
specieshyperborea(Poulsen 1974)

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.

Mesolenellus hyperborea Poulsen 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 05:06:25
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:06:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Greenland Olenellus hyperboreus (106059)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland Mesolenellus hyperboreus (219446 219448)