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Olenellus (Paedeumias)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Paedeumias Walcott p. 302
1928Paedumias Resser p. 4
1933Paedeumias Hazzard and Crickmay p. 74
1952Paedeumias Riccio p. 30
1993Olenellus (Paedeumias) Palmer and Repina p. 22
1998Olenellus (Paedeumias) Lieberman p. 70
1998Olenellus (Paedeumias) Palmer p. 670
2002Paedeumias Jell and Adrain p. 416
2002Paedumias Sepkoski
2003Olenellus (Paedeumias) Sundberg and McCollum p. 953

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
subfamilyOlenellinae
genusOlenellusHall 1861
subgenusPaedeumias()

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.

Subg. †Olenellus (Paedeumias) Walcott 1910
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Paedeumias granulatus Palmer 1964
Paedeumias transitans Walcott 1910
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Invalid names: Olenellus perkinsi Resser and Howell 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993Species of Olenellus with posterior margin of cephalon nearly straight or only slightly angled forward distal to position of intergenal spines. Intergenal spine or swelling generally closer to genal spine than to axial fur- row. Sagittal length of preglabellar field characteristically greater than twice sagittal length of anterior border. Posterior tips of palpebral lobes convergent toward glabella, opposite or posterior to posterior part of Li.