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Calymene gamachei

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene gamachei was named by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (2004). Its type specimen is GSC 122377, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AN36, which is in a Telychian open shallow subtidal shale/limestone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Calymene gamachei Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 50 figs. Pl. 45, fig. 1, 2, 9, 10

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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
speciesgamachei

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 gamachei Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
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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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Calymene gamachei (184641 186043 186044 type locality: 186053 186055 186059 186074 186087 187769)