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Olenellus nevadensis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Callavia nevadensis was named by Walcott (1910).

It was recombined as Paedumias nevadensis by Resser (1928); it was recombined as Paedeumias nevadensis by Riccio (1952); it was recombined as Olenellus nevadensis by Palmer and Halley (1979) and Lieberman (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Callavia nevadensis Walcott p. 285 figs. pl. 38, fig. 12-14
1928Paedumias nevadensis Resser p. 10 figs. Plate 3, figs. 3-7
1952Paedeumias nevadensis Riccio p. 33 figs. Plate 9, figures 5-6
1979Olenellus nevadensis Palmer and Halley pp. 73 - 74 figs. Plate 4, figures 10, 13, 17
1999Olenellus nevadensis Lieberman p. 23 figs. 3.6, 3.7

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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
speciesnevadensis()

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 nevadensis Walcott 1910
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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, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0USA (Nevada) Paedeumias nevadensis (204007)
Caerfai - St Davids538.8 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Paedeumias nevadensis (9624)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Olenellus nevadensis (10609 10610 10612 10613 10615 10616 10618 10619 149610) Paedeumias nevadensis (149627 192036 219694 219695)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Yukon Territory) Olenellus nevadensis (156230)