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Dolerolenus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Dolerolenidae

Taxonomy
Dolerolenus was named by Leanza (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm Boto-l Sepkoski's reference number: 473]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dolerolenidae by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Olenopsis Bornemann
1949Dolerolenus Leanza
1961Malungia Lu
1997Dolerolenus Whittington et al. p. 444
2002Dolerolenus Sepkoski
2002Malungia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyDolerolenidaeKobayashi 1951
genusDolerolenusLeanza 1949

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.

G. †Dolerolenus Leanza 1949
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Invalid names: Malungia Lu 1961 [synonym], Olenopsis Bornemann 1891 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 07:49:43
Modified: 2009-12-21 09:49:43
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Malungia laevigata (86851 90164 90166)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Yunnan) Malungia laevigata (132327)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Guizhou) Malungia sp. (107057)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) D. sp. (42285)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Italy (Sardinia) D. zoppii (225110)