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Bolbolenellus sphaerulosus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus sphaerulosus was named by Fritz (1991). Its type specimen is GSC 91835, a cephalon/head, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Collection 90669, which is in a Dyeran marine limestone in the Illtyd Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Bolbolenellus sphaerulosus by Lieberman (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Olenellus sphaerulosus Fritz p. 15 figs. Pl. 15, figs. 7-9
1999Bolbolenellus sphaerulosus Lieberman p. 139

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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
familyBiceratopsidae
genusBolbolenellus
speciessphaerulosus()

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Yukon Territory) Olenellus sphaerulosus (type locality: 156230 156233)