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Olenellus clarki

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Paedumias clarki was named by Resser (1928). Its type specimen is USNM 78393, 78394 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paedeumias clarki by Riccio (1952); it was recombined as Olenellus (Paedeumias) clarki by Palmer (1998); it was recombined as Olenellus clarki by Palmer and Halley (1979), Levi-Setti (1993) and Lieberman (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Paedumias clarki Resser p. 9 figs. Plate 3, figs. 1, 2
1952Paedeumias clarki Riccio p. 33 figs. Plate 9, figures 1-4
1979Olenellus clarki Palmer and Halley pp. 68-69 figs. pl. 3 f. 3, 4, not 1, 2, 5
1993Olenellus clarki Levi-Setti p. 128 figs. pl. 55-57 (not 58)
1998Olenellus (Paedeumias) clarki Palmer p. 670
1999Olenellus clarki Lieberman p. 21 figs. 3.2 to 3.5

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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
speciesclarki()

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.

Olenellus clarki Resser 1928
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Diagnosis
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