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Calymene polgari

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene polgari was named by Siveter and Chatterton (1996) [Calymene (s.l.)]. Its type specimen is UA 8324, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Fauna j, Section AV1, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Whitwellian slope limestone/shale in the Delorme Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. lata, C. replicata, C. tentaculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Calymene polgari Siveter and Chatterton p. 53 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 1, 4, 15, `8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyCalymeninaeMilne Edwards 1840
genusCalymeneBrongniart 1822
speciespolgari

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.

†Calymene polgari Siveter and Chatterton 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available