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Aciculolenus

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Aciculolenus was named by Palmer (1965). It is not extant. Its type is Aciculolenus peculiaris.

It was assigned to Olenidae by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (1998) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
A. askewi, A. peculiaris (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Aciculolenus Palmer p. 54
1998Aciculolenus Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 17 fig. 15
2002Aciculolenus Jell and Adrain p. 337

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAciculolenus

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.

G. †Aciculolenus Palmer 1965
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Aciculolenus askewi Chatterton 2020
Aciculolenus peculiaris Palmer 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) A. peculiaris (110633)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) A. askewi (219685) A. palmeri (54074)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (50595)