Description

Olenellus fowleri
Trilobite
Early Cambrian
Pioche Formation: c-Shale
Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA

Fair 1.6 inch negative on 4 x 3 inch slab. No pygidium and distorted body.

The genus, Olenellus, belongs to perhaps the most ancient trilobite group (Order Redlichiidia).  It lived only during Early Cambrian.

In the old days a lot of people used to go to Pioche because they could collect trilobites from a few different localities representing different ages.