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Protocalymene

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Protocalymene was named by Ross and Barnes (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795].

It was assigned to Calymenidae by Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Protocalymene Ross and Barnes p. D27 figs. Plate 9, figures 1-28
1999Protocalymene Fortey and Droser p. 197
2002Protocalymene Jell and Adrain p. 431
2002Protocalymene Sepkoski

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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
genusProtocalymene

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.

G. †Protocalymene Ross and Barnes 1967
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Protocalymene mcallisteri Ross and Barnes 1967
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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the to the top of the Dapingian or 470.30000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (297 80068 104448 104453 104460 104653)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (California) P. mcallisteri (104639)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) P. mcallesteri (80065) P. sp. (80073 104451)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (302)