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Gravicalymene quadrilobata

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Gravicalymene quadrilobata was named by Chatterton (1971). Its type specimen is ANU 17844, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Chatterton Loc. C, near Yass, which is in an Emsian marine limestone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Apocalymene quadrilobata by Chatterton and Campbell (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Gravicalymene quadrilobata Chatterton p. 78 figs. Pl. 20 fig. 24-25
1980Apocalymene quadrilobata Chatterton and Campbell
2020Gravicalymene quadrilobata Smith and Ebach p. 497

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
genusGravicalymene
speciesquadrilobata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gravicalymene quadrilobata Chatterton 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:42:12
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:17:38
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Gravicalymene quadrilobata (39884 39886 type locality: 39890)