Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Olenoides serratus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Ogygia serrata was named by Rominger (1887).

It was recombined as Olenoides serratus by Sundberg (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ogygia serrata Rominger p. 13 figs. Plate 1, figs. 2, 2a
1994Olenoides serratus Sundberg p. 31

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusOlenoidesMeek 1877
speciesserratus(Rominger 1887)

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 serratus Rominger 1887
show all | hide all
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 St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 509.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Olenoides serratus (10565)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Pennsylvania) Olenoides serratus (7864 7865 7866)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Olenoides serratus (84424 84425 84426 84427 84428)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Olenoides serratus (215 122094)