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Taxonomy
Olenus was named by Dalman (1827) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,81]. It is not extant.
It was reranked as Olenellus (Olenus) by Ford (1871).
It was assigned to Olenellus by Ford (1871); to Olenidae by Bao and Jago (2000) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Olenellus (Olenus) by Ford (1871).
It was assigned to Olenellus by Ford (1871); to Olenidae by Bao and Jago (2000) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1827 | Olenus Dalman |
| 1871 | Olenellus (Olenus) Ford p. 33 |
| 1965 | Simulolenus Palmer p. 55 |
| 2000 | Olenus Bao and Jago p. 900 |
| 2002 | Olenus Jell and Adrain p. 413 |
| 2002 | Olenus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Simulolenus Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Olenus Dalman 1827
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†Olenus austriacus Yang 1977
†Olenus sinensis Lu 1964
†Olenus solitarius Westergard 1922
Invalid names: Simulolenus Palmer 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available