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Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Olenus frequens was named by Barrande (1868).

It was recombined as Parabolina frequens by Harrington and Kay (1951), Harrington and Leanza (1957) and Pribyl and Vanek (1980); it was recombined as Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens by Nikolaisen and Henningsmoen (1985), Tortello and Rao (2000) and Tortello and Clarkson (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Olenus frequens Barrande
1951Parabolina frequens Harrington and Kay
1957Parabolina frequens Harrington and Leanza
1980Parabolina frequens Pribyl and Vanek pp. 14 - 15
1985Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Nikolaisen and Henningsmoen
2000Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Tortello and Rao p. 69
2008Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Tortello and Clarkson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusParabolinaSalter 1849
subgenusNeoparabolinaNikolaisen and Henningsmoen 1985
speciesfrequens(Barrande 1868)

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.

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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:42:55
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:42:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Furongian or 486.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina Parabolina frequens (85006 85007 115447 115448 115449 115450 115451 115452 115453 115454 115455 115456 115457)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4United Kingdom Parabolina frequens (229506)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina (Jujuy) Parabolina frequens (115415 115416 115417 115418 115419 115420 115421 115422 115423 115424 115425 115426 115427 115428 115429 115430 115431 115432 115433 115434 115435 115436 115437 115438 115439 115440 115441 115442 115443 115444 115445 115446)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina (La Rioja) Parabolina frequens (42518)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic Parabolina frequens (3837)