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Olenus gibbosus

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Entomostracites gibbosus was named by Wahlenberg (1821).

It was recombined as Olenus gibbosus by Monti and Confalonieri (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Entomostracites gibbosus Wahlenberg p. 39 figs. pl. 1 f. 4
2019Olenus gibbosus Monti and Confalonieri

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusOlenusDalman 1827
speciesgibbosus(Wahlenberg 1821)

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.

Olenus gibbosus Wahlenberg 1821
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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:41:52
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:43:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Maentwrogian or 497.00000 to 496.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8Sweden Olenus gibbosus (9890)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Sweden (Västra Götaland) Olenus gibbosus (133667)