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Protocalymene

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Protocalymene was named by Ross and Barnes (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795].

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calymenidae by Fortey and Droser (1999), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Protocalymene Ross and Barnes p. D27 figs. Plate 9, figures 1-28
1999Protocalymene Fortey and Droser p. 197
2002Protocalymene Jell and Adrain p. 431
2002Protocalymene Sepkoski

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

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. †Protocalymene Ross and Barnes 1967
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Protocalymene mcallisteri Ross and Barnes 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:42:12
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:17:38
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Rangerian to the top of the Llanvirn or 471.30000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (297 80068 104448 104453 104460 104653)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4USA (California) P. mcallisteri (104639)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) P. mcallesteri (80065) P. sp. (80073 104451)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (302)