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Trypaulites calypso

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Dalmania calypso was named by Hall (1861). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sandusky, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Columbus Limestone Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Dalmanites calypso by Hall (1876); it was recombined as Trypaulites calypso by Delo (1935), Delo (1940), Stumm (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Dalmania calypso Hall pp. 61-62
1876Dalmanites calypso Hall figs. PI. 13, Figs. 1-2
1935Trypaulites calypso Delo pp. 412-413
1940Trypaulites calypso Delo p. 85
1954Trypaulites calypso Stumm p. 209 figs. PI. 111, Figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusTrypaulitesDelo 1935
speciescalypso()

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.

†Trypaulites calypso Hall 1861
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Trypaulites calypso (207848)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Dalmania calypso (type locality: 213760)
Southwoodian393.47 - 387.95USA (Indiana) Trypaulites calypso (188933)