Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Synonym: Moxomia Walcott 1924
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago 2000
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Inkouia, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Lisania, Magnomma, Marjumia, Nericiaspis, Oleninae, Olenus, Parabolina, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites, Wujiajiania
Subtaxa: Parabolinella argentinensis Parabolinella bolbifrons Parabolinella clarisae Parabolinella coelatifrons Parabolinella contracta Parabolinella hecuba Parabolinella hunanensis Parabolinella jiangnanensis Parabolinella lata Parabolinella limitis Parabolinella pompadouris Parabolinella prolata Parabolinella triarthra Parabolinella triarthroides Parabolinella tumifrons Parabolinella variabilis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (1 collection), Sweden (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (24), Canada (3: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), Norway (3), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (13: Nevada, Texas)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (63), Bolivia (3), Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), China (3), Mexico (10), Norway (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Vermont)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Cambrian of Argentina (35), Australia (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Mongolia (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 189 collections including 203 occurrences
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