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Bolbolenellus sphaerulosus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus sphaerulosus was named by Fritz (1991). Its type specimen is GSC 91835, a cephalon/head, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Collection 90669, which is in a Dyeran marine limestone in the Illtyd Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Bolbolenellus sphaerulosus by Lieberman (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Olenellus sphaerulosus Fritz p. 15 figs. Pl. 15, figs. 7-9
1999Bolbolenellus sphaerulosus Lieberman p. 139

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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
familyBiceratopsidae
genusBolbolenellus
speciessphaerulosus()

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
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