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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Paedeumias scores 4.60/10 (Poor) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Trilobite category.
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