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Olenoides ✝

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Description

Olenoides was a trilobite from the Cambrian period. Its fossils are found well-preserved in the Burgess Shale in Canada. It grew up to 10 cm long.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olenoides, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4636723	https://www.gbif.org/species/4636723
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19629	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19629

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : Olenoides

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Corynexochida	Kobayashi 1935
suborder	Corynexochina	Kobayashi 1935
family	Dorypygidae	Kobayashi 1935
genus	Olenoides	Meek 1877

Scientific Name

Olenoides Meek, 1877

Name Published In

Geol. Expl. Fortieth Parall., 4 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Olenoides	genus	belongs to Corynexochida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Olenoides	genus	belongs to Dorypygidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

well-developed (based on Dorypygidae)

Diet

carnivore

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

Data from Briggs & Whittington (1985).

Taphonomy

major spines

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olenoides

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Olenoides abnormis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Olenoides brighamensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Olenoides buttsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides comptus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Olenoides curticei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides damia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides decorus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides desiderata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides ellsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides evansi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Olenoides fordi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides gaspensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides georgiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides housensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides hubeiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Olenoides hybridus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides incertus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides levis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides maladensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides marjumensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides nitidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides obrutchevi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Olenoides octaspinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Olenoides optimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides paraptus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Olenoides pennsylvanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides pugio species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides schucherti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides serratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides steptoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Olenoides stissingensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olenoides stockportensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1877	Olenoides Meek
2002	Olenoides Jell and Adrain p. 470
2002	Olenoides Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Olenoides Pour and Popov
1877	Olenoides Meek
1899	Neolenus Matthew

Year	Name and Author
1908	Neolenus Walcott p. 26
1954	Olenoides Palmer p. 62
2002	Neolenus Jell and Adrain p. 410
2002	Olenoides Jell and Adrain p. 470
2002	Olenoides Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Olenoides Pour and Popov

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Pour M. G., Popov L. E. (2009) Silicified Middle Cambrian trilobites from Kyrgystan, Palaeontology 52 5, 1039-1056

Walcott C. W. (1908) Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 2. Cambrian Trilobites, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53 2, 13-48

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Geol. Expl. Fortieth Parall., 4 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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