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Olenoides expansus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Dicellocephalus expansus was named by Walcott (1884).

It was recombined as Dolichometopus expansus by Walcott (1916); it was recombined as Olenoides expansus by Palmer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dicellocephalus expansus Walcott p. 45 figs. pl. 9, fig. 19
1916Dolichometopus expansus Walcott p. 368 figs. Plate 53, figs. 5, 5a
1954Olenoides expansus Palmer p. 63 figs. Plate 14, figures 5, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusOlenoidesMeek 1877
speciesexpansus()

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.

Olenoides expansus Walcott 1884
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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: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:30:08
Modified: 2009-04-21 12:00:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Olenoides expansus (77272)