Olenellus — Olenellus
Olenellus Daderot, Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Trilobite

Olenellus

Early Cambrian trilobite

Olenellus is the early Cambrian redlichiid with crescentic eyes, long genal spines and a tiny tail, found in the Pioche Shale of Nevada, the Latham Shale of California and the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania. It is an index fossil for the Cambrian Series 2 and a desirable specimen because complete examples are scarce. Nevada material from BLM land may be collected casually but not sold.

PhylumArthropoda
ClassTrilobita
OrderRedlichiida
FamilyOlenellidae
GroupTrilobite
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
Author(Hall 1861)· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Arthropoda › Trilobita › Redlichiida › Olenellidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)521–487 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences353· Paleobiology Database

Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Olenellus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/olenellus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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  title        = {Olenellus},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/olenellus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, commons, wikidata. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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