description Paedeumias Overview
Paedeumias is an extinct genus of olenellid trilobites from the Early Cambrian, classified in the order Redlichiida and family Olenellidae. Its fossils are known from Laurentian North America, including Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania, and named species include Paedeumias nevadensis and Paedeumias yorkense. Some taxonomic treatments have regarded Paedeumias as a separate genus, while others have treated it as a subgenus of Olenellus, so its rank reflects an ongoing taxonomic history. [Paedeumias taxon record](https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P155701.html)
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What is Paedeumias?
Paedeumias is an extinct genus of olenellid trilobites from the Early Cambrian. It belongs to the order Redlichiida and the family Olenellidae.
Where have Paedeumias fossils been found?
Paedeumias fossils are known from Laurentian North America, including Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania. These regions preserve important Early Cambrian marine rocks.
What kind of trilobite was Paedeumias?
Paedeumias was an olenellid trilobite. Olenellids were part of the early trilobite radiation and are commonly studied in Early Cambrian fossil sequences.
What named species belong to Paedeumias?
The genus includes named species such as Paedeumias nevadensis. Species-level identification is useful because Early Cambrian trilobite ranges can differ by region.
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