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Calymene nowlani

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene nowlani was named by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (2004). Its type specimen is GSC 122387, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AN42, which is in an Aeronian/Telychian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone/mudstone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Calymene nowlani Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 51 figs. Pl. 47, fig. 5, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyCalymeninaeMilne Edwards 1840
genusCalymeneBrongniart 1822
speciesnowlani

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.

Calymene nowlani Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:06:43
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:06:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.80000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Calymene nowlani (184645 184647 184996 185540 186040 186042 186051 186075 186076 186080 186081 186082 186091 186092 187764 187766 187772)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Calymene nowlani (184998 186046 type locality: 186061 186064 186065 186066 186067 186068 186069 186070 186071 186078 186079 186088)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Calymene nowlani (186060 186072 186073 186084 186086 187768)