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Calymene nasuta

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene nasuta was named by Ulrich (1879). Its type specimen is USNM 41871 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Napoleon, which is in a Sheinwoodian carbonate shale/limestone in the Osgood Formation of Indiana. It is the type species of Spathacalymene.

It was recombined as Spathacalymene nasuta by Tillman (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Calymene nasuta Ulrich pp. 131-134 figs. 1-3
1960Spathacalymene nasuta Tillman pp. 893 - 895 figs. Pl. 116, figs. 1-16

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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
speciesnasutaUlrich 1879

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 nasuta Ulrich 1879
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 433.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Indiana) Calymene nasuta (type locality: 192898)