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Olenus
Olenus is a genus of trilobites from the Upper Cambrian, with important fossil occurrences in Scandinavia and Wales. The genus gives its name to the Olenus Biozone, a biostratigraphic interval used to correlate Cambrian strata. Olenus is associated with marine environments that could develop low-oxygen conditions near the seafloor, and it belongs to the trilobite family Olenidae.
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Modocia
Modocia is a genus of ptychopariid trilobites known from Middle Cambrian marine rocks. Fossils assigned to the genus occur in North American formations, including Utah's Wheeler Shale and related Cambrian units in the western United States. Like other trilobites, Modocia had a segmented mineralized exoskeleton and belongs to an extinct group of marine arthropods.
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