Ptychopariida

Olenus sinensis

Order Ptychopariida / Suborder Olenina / Family Olenidae

Stage 10 (Furongian, Cambrian)Zhejiang

Olenus sinensis — photo 1 — Photo 1 · to stone together with her by the gods Holotype NIGP 23724 (Zhejiang; Lu Yanhao et al. 1989) Literature specimen (Zhejiang; Lu Yanhao et al. 1989)

Olenus sinensis — photo 2 — Photo 2 · to stone together with her by the gods Holotype NIGP 23724 (Zhejiang; Lu Yanhao et al. 1989) Literature specimen (Zhejiang; Lu Yanhao et al. 1989)

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. sinensis Lu, 1964

Species author

Lu Yanhao

Species etymology

sin-, Greek, China; referring to the species occurring in China

Age

Stage 10 (Furongian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Zhejiang

Diagnosis

Cranidium subtrapezoidal; glabella short with straight anterior margin and three pairs of isolated glabellar furrows; occipital ring narrow with a small median node; anterior border narrow and straight, slightly upturned; palpebral lobes medium-sized, eye ridges prominent; anterior branches of facial sutures slightly convergent forward, posterior branches obliquely divergent outward. Thorax of at least 13 segments; axis narrower than pleurae, each segment with an axial node; pleural furrows wide and deep.