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Olenellus megafrontalis

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus megafrontalis was named by Vaccari (1988). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 297-302 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Arcuolenellus megafrontalis by Fowler (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Olenellus megafrontalis Vaccari p. 559 figs. Lámina I, figuras 1 a 6
1999Arcuolenellus megafrontalis Fowler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
subfamilyOlenellinae
genusOlenellusHall 1861
speciesmegafrontalis

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 megafrontalis Vaccari 1988
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Argentina Arcuolenellus megafrontalis (176949)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (California) Arcuolenellus megafrontalis (10603 10604 10605)