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Calymeninae

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymeninae was named by Milne Edwards (1840). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calymenidae by Adrain et al. (1995) and Adrain and Edgecombe (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Calymeninae Milne Edwards
1995Calymeninae Adrain et al.
1997Calymeninae Adrain and Edgecombe p. 657

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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
subfamilyCalymeninaeMilne Edwards 1840
subfamilyCalymeninaeMilne Edwards 1840

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.

Subfm. †Calymeninae Milne Edwards 1840
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G. †Alcymene Ramsköld et al. 1994
G. †Arcticalymene Adrain and Edgecombe 1997
G. †Atlanticalymene Adrain et al. 2020
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Atlanticalymene bardensis Adrain et al. 2020
G. †Calymene Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Calymene (Calymene) Brongniart 1822
Calymene ansensis Männil 1977
Calymene barnesi Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
Calymene blumenbachii Brongniart 1822
Calymene breviceps Raymond 1916
Calymene bufo Green 1832
Calymene callicephala Green 1832
Calymene celebra Raymond 1916
Calymene conradi Emmons 1855
Calymene frontosa Lindström 1885
Calymene gamachei Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
Calymene granulosa Foerste 1909
Calymene hadyardensis Lamont 1949
Calymene latigenata Männil 1977
Calymene marginata Shirley 1936
Calymene mimaspera Schrank 1970
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Calymene minimarginata Schrank 1970
Calymene nasuta Ulrich 1879
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843
Calymene nowlani Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
Calymene orthomarginata Schrank 1970
Calymene polgari Siveter and Chatterton 1996
Calymene pompeckji Kummerow 1928
Calymene retrorsa Foerste 1910
Calymene ubitquitosus Howells 1982
G. †Diacalymene Kegel 1927
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Diacalymene consimilis Schuchert and Cooper 1930
Diacalymene gabrielsi Siveter and Chatterton 1996
Diacalymene lesperancei Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
Diacalymene schucherti Twenhofel 1928
Invalid names: Dekalymene Curtis and Lane 1998 [synonym]
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 Tremadoc to the top of the Pragian or 485.40000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (497 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7China (Hunan and Hubei) Calymene sp. (7720)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland) Atlanticalymene bardensis (228225 228226 228227 228228)
Llanvirn466.0 - 460.9China (SiChuan) Calymene sp. (7951)
Llandeilo466.0 - 449.5China (AnHui) Calymene sp. (7860)
Chatfieldian - Edenian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Nunavut) Calymene macmillani (24116)
Dobrotivian - Berounian460.9 - 449.5France Calymene sp. (20846 20850)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Québec) Calymene sp. (164218)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Calymene granulosa (173337)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Quebec) Calymene sp. (440)
Edenian - Maysvillian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) Calymene winchelli (23282)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8New Zealand Calymene spp. (40534)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco Calymene interjecta (13936)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8China (Jilin) Calymene sp. (27748)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) Calymene sp. (8375)
Helderberg - Emsian416.0 - 393.3Austria Calymene reperta (26203)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (Nevada) Calymene sp. (595)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Calymene sp. (8502 8503 8508)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco (Anti-Atlas) C. sp. 1 (136448) C. sp. 2 (136454)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6France (Finistere) Calymene sp. (6182 6186 6191)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Italy Calymene reperta (26245 26255)