Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Full reference: D. J. Siveter and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1996. Silicified calymenid trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, northwest Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 239(1-3):43-60
Belongs to Diacalymene according to D. J. Siveter and B. D. E. Chatterton 1996
Sister taxa: Diacalymene consimilis, Diacalymene lesperancei, Diacalymene schucherti, Dekalymene crassa
Type specimen: UA 8282, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Fauna j, Section AV2, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Whitwellian slope limestone/shale in the Delorme Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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