Olenus (trilobite)

Olenus
Temporal range: 498.5–488.3 Ma Upper Cambrian
Olenus micrurus from Trawsfynydd, N Wales, right free cheek displaced to left and turned 150°, pygidium missing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Family:
Olenidae
Genus:
Olenus

Dalman, 1827[1] non Dejean, 1835 nomen nudum, ex Thomson, 1857 (= Trycherus, a beetle)[2]
Species
  • O. gibbosus (Wahlenberg, 1821) (type) synonym Entomostracites gibbosus
  • O. alpha Henningsmoen, 1957
  • O. altaicus Ivshin, 1962
  • O. apoxysomatus Jell et al., 1991
  • O. asiaticus Kobayashi, 1944
  • O. attenuatus (Boeck, 1838)
  • O. austriacus Yang in Zhou et al., 1977
  • O. cataractes Salter, 1864
  • O. delicatus Öpik, 1963
  • O. dentatus Westergård, 1922
  • O. guizhouensis Lu and Chien in Yin and Li, 1978
  • O. haimantensis Reed, 1910 synonym Hundwarella haimantensis[3]
  • O. henningsmoeni Ahlgren and Ahlberg, 1996
  • O. micrurus Salter, 1849
  • O. mundus Lake, 1908
  • O. ogilviei Öpik, 1963
  • O. proximus Lazarenko, 1966
  • O. rotundatus Westergård, 1922
  • O. scanicus Westergård, 1922
  • O. sinensis Lu, 1964
  • O. solitarius (Westergård, 1922)
  • O. transverses Westergård, 1922
  • O. truncatus (Brünnich, 1781)
  • O. veles Rushton, 1983
  • O. wahlenbergi Westergård, 1922

Olenus is a genus of Upper Cambrian ptychopariid trilobite.[4]

  1. ^ Hwang, H.-A.; Choi, D.K. (2005). "Heterochrony of the Late Cambrian olenid trilobites from the Machari Formation, Yeongwol, Korea: implications for biostratigraphy and intercontinental correlation". Geosciences Journal. 9 (2): 215–222. Bibcode:2005GescJ...9..215H. doi:10.1007/bf02910580. S2CID 140659760.
  2. ^ Poulsen, C. (1956). "Proposed use of the Plenary Powers to secure the availability of the generic names Olenus Dalman [1827], and Paradoxides Brogniard [1822] (Class Trilobita) for use in the sense in which these names are customarily employed". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 12 (1). Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  3. ^ Shah, S.K.; Parcha, S.K.; Raina, A.K. (1991). "Late Cambrian trilobites from Himalaya" (PDF). Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 36: 89–107.
  4. ^ Bodil Wesenberg Lauridsen & Arne Thorshøj Nielsen (2005). "The Upper Cambrian trilobite Olenus at Andarum, Sweden: a case of iterative evolution?". Palaeontology. 48 (5): 1041–1056. Bibcode:2005Palgy..48.1041L. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00499.x.