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Olenellus howelli

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Discussion

"The descriptions of this and the following species were written by Mr. Meek before my own were, and now form a part of Mr. Gilbert's report to Lieutenant Wheeler, which is awaiting publication"

Taxonomy
Olenellus howelli was named by White (1874) [Meek in White 1874].

It was recombined as Olenellus (Olenellus) howelli by Palmer (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Olenellus howelli Meek p. 8
1874Olenellus howelli White p. 8
1877Olenellus howelli White p. 47 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 4a, b.
1884Olenellus howelli Walcott p. 30 figs. Plate ix, figs. 15, 15 a, b, aud pi. xxi, figs. 1, 9
1979Olenellus howelli Palmer and Halley p. 71 figs. Plate 4, figure 16
1998Olenellus (Olenellus) howelli Palmer p. 668 figs. Figures 5.7, 9.5

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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
specieshowelli

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 howelli White 1874
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Olenellus howelli (9820 10560)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Olenellus howelli (149612)