Olenelloid trilobites from Cambrian Series 2 of Devon Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Peel, John S.
• Other Authors: Jin, Jisuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2011
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Devon Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e11-048; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/e11-048; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e11-048

Four species of olenelloid trilobites characterized by advanced or robust genal spines are described from the lower Cambrian Rabbit Point Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) of eastern Devon Island, representing the most diverse assemblage of olenelloids yet described from Arctic Canada. New taxa: Bristolia kurtzi n. sp., Paranephrolenellus cowiei n. sp., Siciliolenellus fritzi n. gen. and n. sp.