page_title: Olenellus
hierarchical_section_title: Olenellus
caption_attribution_description: English: Life reconstruction of Olenellus thompsoni
context_page_description: Olenellus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites, with species of average size. It lived during the Botomian and Toyonian stages, 522 to 510 million years ago, in what is currently North-America, part of the paleocontinent Laurentia.
context_section_description: Olenellus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites, with species of average size (about 5 centimetres or 2.0 inches long). It lived during the Botomian and Toyonian stages (Olenellus-zone), 522 to 510 million years ago, in what is currently North-America, part of the paleocontinent Laurentia.
caption: Life reconstruction of Olenellus thompsoni
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