Ptychopariida

Olenus punctatus

Order Ptychopariida / Suborder Olenina / Family Olenidae

Paibian (Furongian, Cambrian)Hunan

Olenus punctatus — photo 1 — Photo 1 · to stone together with her by the gods Huanling Holotype NIGP 138610 (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Paraty pes (Huna n; Peng et al., 2004)

Olenus punctatus — photo 2 — Photo 2 · to stone together with her by the gods Huanling Holotype NIGP 138610 (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Paraty pes (Huna n; Peng et al., 2004)

Olenus punctatus — photo 3 — Photo 3 · to stone together with her by the gods Huanling Holotype NIGP 138610 (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Paraty pes (Huna n; Peng et al., 2004)

Classification

Order Ptychopariida / Suborder Olenina / Family Olenidae

Genus

Olenus Dalman, 1827

Genus author

Dalman J. W.

Genus etymology

Olenus, from Greek Ōlenos, a figure in Greek mythology who, because of his wife Lethaea's vanity, was turned

Species

O. punctatus Peng, Babcock & Lin, 2004

Species author

Peng Shanchi, Babcock L. E., Lin

Species etymology

punctatus, dotted, referring to the dense dotted ornamentation of the surface

Age

Paibian (Furongian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Hunan

Diagnosis

Compared with Olenus austriacus: the surface is ornamented with dense fine dots; the glabella is slightly trapezoidal; the thoracic axis is wide anteriorly and narrow posteriorly; there are more thoracic segments, 15 in total; the pygidium is longitudinally short.