Diacalymene lesperancei Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 2004. Early Silurian trilobites of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 22

Belongs to Diacalymene according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 2004

Sister taxa: Diacalymene consimilis, Diacalymene gabrielsi, Diacalymene schucherti, Dekalymene crassa

Type specimen: GSC 122416, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is AN78, which is in a Telychian open shallow subtidal shale/limestone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (4: Quebec collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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