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Calymenidius

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Calymenidius was named by Rasetti (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep O Llvi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. It is not extant. Its type is Calymenidius tuberculatus.

It was assigned to Lonchocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. tuberculatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Calymenidius Rasetti p. 240
2002Calymenidius Jell and Adrain p. 354
2002Calymenidius Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusCalymenidius

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. †Calymenidius Rasetti 1944
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Calymenidius tuberculatus Rasetti 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Franconian to the top of the Chazyan or 497.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) C. acutus (55302)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) C. sp. (229380)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. sp. (104861)