Olenidae Explained

Olenidae is a family of ptychopariid trilobites. Some genera, Balnibarbi and Cloacaspis, are thought to have evolved a symbiotic relationship with sulfur-eating bacteria from which they derived nutrition.

Genera

• Acerocare
• Acerocarina
• Aciculolenus
• Anaximander
• Angelina (=Keidelaspis),
• Apoplanias
• Asilluchus
• Baikonuraspis
• Balnibarbi
• Bienvillia (=Diatemnus; =Mendoparabolina)
• Boeckaspis (/Boeckia BROGGER; =Sphaerophthalmella)
• Bondarevites
• Bulbolenus
• Chekiangaspis
• Cloacaspis
• Ctenopyge
• Cyclognathina
• Danarcus
• Desmetia
• Eoctenopyge
• Euonchonotina
• Eurycare
• Granitzia
• Hancrania
• Helieranella
• Highgatella
• Huangshiaspis
• Hunanolenus
• Hypermecaspis (=Spitsbergaspis),
• Inkouia (=Agalatus),
• Isidrella
• Jujuyaspis (=Alimbetaspis),
• Leiobienvillia
• Leptoplastides (=Andesaspis;=Beltella; =Chunkingaspis; =Parabolinopsis; *Rampartaspis),
• Leptoplastus
• Leurostega
• Magnomma
• Mesoctenopyge
• Moxomia
• Neoolenus
• Neoparabolina
• Nericiaspis
• Olenus (=Simulolenus),
• Orkekeia
• Parabolina (/*Odontopyge),
• Parabolinella
• Parabolinina
• Parabolinites
• Paraolenus
• Paraplicatolina
• Peltocare
• Peltura (/Anthes; =Anopocare),
• Pelturina
• Plicatolina
• Plicatolinella
• Porterfieldia
• Prohedinella
• Protopeltura
• Psilocara
• Remizites
• Rhodonaspis
• Saltaspis
• Shihuigouia
• Sphaerophthalmus
• Svalbardites
• Talbotinella
• Triarthrus (/*Brongniartia EATON)?
• Ullaspis
• Westergaardia (=Sphaerophthalmoides)
• Westergaardites
• Wujiajiania.^[1]

External links

• Olenidae at Fossilworks

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110106010436/http://www.trilobites.info/ordptychopariida.htm Family Olenidae