Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1965. The Ordovician trilobites of the Bala Area, Merioneth. Part II. Monography of the Palaeontographical Society 118:33-62
Parent taxon: Cybelinae according to A. W. Owen 1981
See also Evitt and Tripp 1977, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen and Bruton 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atractopyge, Cybele, Cybellela, Cybeloides, Cybelurus, Miracybele, Quinquecosta
Subtaxa: Deacybele arenosa Deacybele conjuncta Deacybele gracilis Deacybele pauca
Type: Calymene arenosa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Ireland (8 collections), Norway (10), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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