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Olenoides nevadensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Paradoxides nevadensis was named by Meek (1870).

It was recombined as Olenoides nevadensis by Walcott (1889) and Palmer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Paradoxides nevadensis Meek p. 62
1877Paradoxides nevadensis Meek p. 23 figs. Plate 1, fig. 5
1889Olenoides nevadensis Walcott p. 443
1954Olenoides nevadensis Palmer p. 64 figs. Plate 14, figure 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusOlenoidesMeek 1877
speciesnevadensis(Meek 1870)

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 nevadensis Meek 1870
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Marjumian or 511.20000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Olenoides nevadensis (77219)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Olenoides nevadensis (56144 230682)