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Olenellus latilimbatus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus latilimbatus was named by Resser and Howell (1938). It is not extant. Its type locality is USNM locality 22L, half mile south of East Petersburg, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Olenellus latilimbatus Resser and Howell p. 222

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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
specieslatilimbatus

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 latilimbatus Resser and Howell 1938
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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
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 08:45:18
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:04:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 516.00000 to 513.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran516.0 - 513.0USA (Pennsylvania) Olenellus latilimbatus (192 type locality: 226194)