Olenellus
Sign in to saveOlenellus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites, with species of average size (about long). It lived during the Botomian and Toyonian stages of the Lower Cambrian (Olenellus-zone), , in what is currently North America, part of the palaeocontinent Laurentia.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- Relationship within the Olenellidae
- Status of the clade ''"Paedeumias"''
- Reassigned species
- Distribution
- Description
- Key to the species
- References
- External links
Olenellus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites, with species of average size (about long). It lived during the Botomian and Toyonian stages of the Lower Cambrian (Olenellus-zone), , in what is currently North America, part of the palaeocontinent Laurentia.
thumb|Life reconstruction of Olenellus thompsoni
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