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Calvinella

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Calvinella was named by Walcott (1914) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saukiidae by Harrington et al. (1959) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
C. lira
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. procera, C. wisconsinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Calvinella Walcott
1959Calvinella Harrington et al. p. 323
2002Calvinella Jell and Adrain p. 354
2002Calvinella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusCalvinellaWalcott 1914

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.

G. †Calvinella Walcott 1914
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†Calvinella lira Qian 1985
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 08:40:29
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:40:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Payntonian to the top of the Mansian or 489.50000 to 485.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Anhui) C. tangcunensis, C. lira (127532)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5USA (New York) C. prethoparia (257)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) C. tenuisculpta (81301) C. tenuisculpta, C. procera (54096 81298)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Nevada) C. tenuisculpta (233789)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Texas) C. ozarkensis (233747) C. prethoparia (219648 219652 219654 219655) C. procera (219656) C. tenuisculpta (219653)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) C. tenuisculpta (196017)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) C. wisconsinensis (54180)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Missouri) C. n. sp. (8905) C. ozarkensis (8693 8700 93582) C. sp. (49504)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) C. prethoparia (55285 55311 55313)
Payntonian489.5 - 488.3Australia (Northern Territory) C. sp. (77416)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Jilin) C. micropora (156904) C. micropora, C. triangula (156907)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Jilin Provence) C. micropora (156898 156900 156906)
Mansian485.4 - 485.0Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9273)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Yukon) C. prethoparia (55315)