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Taxonomy
Olenus alpha was named by Henningsmoen (1957). Its type specimen is PMO 66756, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mælum, which is in a Maentwrogian marine shale in the Alum Shale Formation of Norway.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1957 | Olenus alpha Henningsmoen pp. 100 - 102 figs. PL 3 ; pL 9, figs. 1 - 6 |
| 2019 | Olenus alpha Monti and Confalonieri |
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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 alpha Henningsmoen 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Maentwrogian or 497.00000 to 493.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maentwrogian | Norway (Ringsaker) | Olenus alpha (type locality: 235271) |