| Olenidae | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | † Trilobita |
| Order: | † Ptychopariida |
| Suborder: | † Olenina |
| Superfamily: | † Olenoidea |
| Family: | †
Olenidae Burmeister, 1843 |
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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. [1]
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. [2]
References
- ^ Fortey, Richard (June 2000), "Olenid trilobites: The oldest known chemoautotrophic symbionts?", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97 (12): 6574–6578, Bibcode: 2000PNAS...97.6574F, doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.12.6574, PMC 18664, PMID 10841557
- ^ Family Olenidae
External links
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