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Parabolinella triarthra

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Olenus triarthrus was named by Callaway (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shineton, which is in a Tremadoc offshore shale in the Shineton Shales Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Parabolinella triarthra by Henningsmoen (1957), Monti and Confalonieri (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. triarthurus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Olenus triarthrus Callaway p. 666 figs. pl. 34 f. 6
1902Parabolinella quadrata Matthew p. 411 figs. pl.18 fig. 7
1957Parabolinella triarthra Henningsmoen pp. 138 - 139 figs. Pl. 12 figs. 6-7
2013Parabolinella triarthra Monti and Confalonieri

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusParabolinellaBrögger 1882
speciestriarthra()

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.

†Parabolinella triarthra Callaway 1877
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Invalid names: Parabolinella quadrata Matthew 1902 [synonym]
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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:05:01
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:05:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Payntonian to the top of the Tremadoc or 491.00000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Payntonian - Datsonian491.0 - 486.85Australia (Tasmania) Parabolinella triarthra (62281)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Nova Scotia) Parabolinella quadrata (235382)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1United Kingdom (England) Olenus triarthrus (235381)