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Olenina (disused)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Taxonomy
Olenina was named by Hupe (1952). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Harrington and Leanza (1957) and Fortey (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Olenina Hupe
1957Olenina Harrington and Leanza
1990Olenina Fortey p. 561

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderOleninaHupe 1952
suborderOleninaHupe 1952

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.

Subor. †Olenina Hupe 1952
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Invalid names: Hypermecaspididae Harrington and Leanza 1957 [empty], Proetacea Corda 1847 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Fortey 1990Ptychopariida with thin dorsal exoskeleton; free cheeks yoked together as single unit connected by narrow (sag.) doublure (rostral plate present only in the most primitive members of Olenus).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Comments: "organic particle feeders on soft sediments"subo
Created: 2012-08-27 22:20:55
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:20:55
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gorstian or 427.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Proetacea indet. (25682)