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Olenus

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Olenus was named by Dalman (1827) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,81]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Olenellus (Olenus) by Ford (1871).

It was assigned to Olenellus by Ford (1871); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Olenidae by Bao and Jago (2000) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Olenus Dalman
1871Olenellus (Olenus) Ford p. 33
1965Simulolenus Palmer p. 55
2000Olenus Bao and Jago p. 900
2002Olenus Jell and Adrain p. 413
2002Olenus Sepkoski
2002Simulolenus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusOlenusDalman 1827

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. †Olenus Dalman 1827
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†Olenus austriacus Yang 1977
†Olenus sinensis Lu 1964
†Olenus solitarius Westergard 1922
Invalid names: Simulolenus Palmer 1965 [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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 12:41:52
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:43:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Maentwrogian to the top of the Datsonian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (238)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Zhejiang) O. sinensis (125567)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8South Korea O. asiaticus (7890)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8Sweden O. gibbosus (9890)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Poland O. rarus (72273)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) O. austriacus (107051 107054 107055 126133 126139 126141 126143 126650 126651) O. punctatus (126142 126145)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Sweden (Västra Götaland) O. gibbosus, O. transversus (133667) O. wahlenbergi (133669)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) O. wilsoni (75269 75270) O. wilsoni, O. granulatus (75271) Simulolenus quadrisulcatus (110633 113398 113399) Simulolenus wilsoni (111324 111325 122136 122137 122138 122141)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada and Utah) Simulolenus wilsoni (74910)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Texas) O. sp. (237)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan O. sp. (118333 118336 118337 118342 118345 118346 118347 118348)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Nevada) Simulolenus sp. (241) Simulolenus wilsoni, Simulolenus granulatus (75437)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Arkansas) Simulolenus sp. (229131)
Payntonian - Datsonian489.5 - 485.4Australia (Tasmania) O. sp. (62275 62278)