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Calymene celebra

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

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Wisconsin state fossil

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Taxonomy
Calymene celebra was named by Raymond (1916).

It was recombined as Sthenarocalymene celebra by Watkins (1991).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Calymene celebra Raymond p. 28
1987Calymene celebra Mikulic p. 118
1991Sthenarocalymene celebra Watkins p. 469

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyCalymeninaeMilne Edwards 1840
genusCalymeneBrongniart 1822
speciescelebra

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 celebra Raymond 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:06:43
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:06:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Ludlow or 440.80000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Indiana) Calymene celebra (75266)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4USA (Georgia) Calymene celebra (164677)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) Sthenarocalymene celebra (24937)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) Sthenarocalymene celebra (24935 24936 24938 26816)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) Sthenarocalymene celebra (13017 13021 13024 13027 13028 13040 13041 13042)