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Calymenina β
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 210 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1:1-276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bathycheilidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Bavarillidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Calymenidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,973 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Homalonotidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 639 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Pharostomatidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1915 | Calymenina Swinnerton |
| 1957 | Calymenina Harrington and Leanza |
| 2011 | Calymenina Adrain p. 106 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
