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Olenaspella occidentalis

Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Parabolinella occidentalis was named by Wilson (1951). Its type specimen is YPM 18482, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Olenaspella occidentalis by Wilson (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Parabolinella occidentalis Wilson pp. 651 - 652 figs. Plate 95, figures 2-5, 11
1956Olenaspella occidentalis Wilson p. 1344

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusOlenaspella
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

Olenaspella occidentalis Wilson 1951
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 11:32:13
Modified: 2009-06-09 13:32:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Parabolinella occidentalis (156649)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Pennsylvania) Parabolinella occidentalis (156648 156650 156651 156652 156663 156664)