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Gravicalymene affinis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene affinis was named by Hawle and Corda (1847).

It was recombined as Gravicalymene affinis by Chlupac (1983) and Lemke (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Calymene affinis Hawle and Corda
1983Gravicalymene affinis Chlupac
2020Gravicalymene affinis Lemke p. 11

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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
speciesaffinis()

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 affinis Hawle and Corda 1847
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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: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) Gravicalymene affinis (12071 12083)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Gravicalymene affinis (10344 10372)