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Calymenina β
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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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!