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Gravicalymene vaccina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Gravicalymene vaccina was named by Holloway (1994) [Questionably assigned to genus by Holloway]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality PL1906, Poley Cow Fmn, Broken River Province, N Queensland, which is in a Telychian marine siltstone/mudstone in the Poley Cow Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Gravicalymene vaccina Holloway
2020Gravicalymene vaccina Smith and Ebach p. 497

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
genusGravicalymene
speciesvaccinaHolloway 1994

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.

Gravicalymene vaccina Holloway 1994
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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: 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: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Queensland) Gravicalymene vaccina (type locality: 40018)