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Calymenesun

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymenesun was named by Kobayashi (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 381]. Its type is Calymene tingi.

It was assigned to Calymenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Reedocalymeninae by Turvey (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Calymenesun Kobayashi p. 44
2002Calymenesum Jell and Adrain p. 354
2002Calymenesum Sepkoski
2005Calymenesun Turvey p. 550

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyReedocalymeninaeHupe 1955
genusCalymenesun

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. †Calymenesun Kobayashi 1951
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Calymenesun tingi Sun 1931
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:13:38
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:13:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Katian or 461.10000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Guizhou) C. tingi (188418 188420 188421 188422 188425)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) C. yinganensis (188372 188376 188378 188386)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (JiangSu) C. granulosa (192793 192794 192795 192796)