Olenellus transitans


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Redlichiida
Suborder
Olenellina
Superfamily
Olenelloidea
Family
Olenellidae
Binomial Name
Olenellus transitans
(= Paedumias transitans )
Formation
Kinzers Formation
Locale
York County, Pennsylvania
Age
Early Cambrian
Notes
The preservation is very flat and almost ghostly, but the bug is essentially complete, including the tail splne (which I am assured is an axial spine although it looks for all the world like a telson).

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Olenellus transitans


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