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Platycalymene duplicata

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus duplicata was named by Murchison (1839). Its type specimen is GSM 6847, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Calymene duplicata by Barrande (1852); it was recombined as Platycalymene duplicata by Shirley (1936).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Asaphus duplicata Murchison
1852Calymene duplicata Barrande
1936Platycalymene duplicata Shirley

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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
genusPlatycalymene
speciesduplicata(Murchison 1839)

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.

Platycalymene duplicata Murchison 1839
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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: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Caradoc or 461.10000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom Platycalymene duplicata (234027)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5United Kingdom Platycalymene duplicata (234031)