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Olenellus crassimarginatus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus thompsoni crassimarginatus was named by Walcott (1910).

It was recombined as Olenellus crassimarginatus by Resser and Howell (1938), Lieberman (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Olenellus thompsoni crassimarginatus Walcott p. 340 figs. Plate 35, Figs. 8-10
1938Olenellus crassimarginatus Resser and Howell p. 224
1999Olenellus crassimarginatus Lieberman p. 25

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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
speciescrassimarginatus()

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.

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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

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Labrador) Olenellus crassimarginatus (195910 195915 195916 195918 195919)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Newfoundland) Olenellus crassimarginatus (195926 195927 195929)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Vermont) Olenellus crassimarginatus (type locality: 121235)