Biology:Calymene

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites


Calymene
Temporal range: Tremadocian-Pragian
~489–409 Ma
Calymene clavicula dorsal.jpg
Calymene clavicula 32mm, Henryhouse Formation, Oklahoma, Cayugan
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Calymenidae
Genus: Calymene
Brongniart, 1822
Type species
Calymene blumenbachii
Brongniart in Desmarest, 1817 [1]

Calymene Brongniart, 1822, is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, suborder Calymenina, that are found throughout North America, North Africa, and Europe in primarily Silurian outcrops.[2] Calymene is closely related to Flexicalymene, and both genera are frequently found enrolled.[3] Calymene trilobites are small, typically 2 cm in length. The cephalon is the widest part of the animal and the thorax usually has 13 segments.[4]

The correct genus authorship is Brongniart (1822).[5] A previously published genus description in Desmarest (1816)[6] (often mis-cited as "Calymena" Desmarest, 1817) was suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1433.

Etymology

Calymene - meaning beautiful crescent as a reference to the glabella.

Known species and locations

Reassigned species

Since the genus Calymene was established early on in paleontology, a number of species previously assigned to it have since been transferred to other genera:[9]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derek J. Siveter (1985). "The type species of Calymene (Trilobita) from the Silurian of Dudley, England". Palaeontology 28 (4): 783–792. http://cdn.palass.org/publications/palaeontology/volume_28/pdf/vol28_part4_pp783-792.pdf. Retrieved 2017-10-16. 
  2. "†Calymene Muenster 1840 (trilobite)". The Paleontology Database. http://paleodb.geology.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=21478. 
  3. John P. Rafferty, ed (2010). The Paleozoic Era: Diversification of Plant and Animal Life. Geologic History of Earth. Britannica Educational Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61530-196-6. 
  4. Milson, C.; Rigby, S. (2004). Fossils at a Glance. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd. 
  5. Brongniart, A. 1822. Les Trilobites. pp. 1-65, pls. 1-4 in: Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Fossiles. Paris. F.-G. Levrault, Libraire. 154 pp. 11 pls.
  6. Desmarest, A-G. 1816. Calymène. pp. 49-50 in: Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Edition, Tome 5.
  7. "Calymene celebra Raymond 1916 (trilobite)". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=189543. 
  8. Alex J. Chestnut. "Using morphometrics, phylogenetic systematics and parsimony analysis to gain insight into the evolutionary affinities of the Calymenidae Trilobita". OhioLINK ETD Center. http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=wright1239724101. 
  9. Moore, R. C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part O.. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. 1–560. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Esteve, Jorge (2015). "Systematic revision of the genus Solenopleura Angelin, 1854, Ptychopariida, Trilobita, Cambrian Series 3". Annales de Paléontologie 101 (3): 185–192. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2015.05.001. Bibcode2015AnPal.101..185E. 
  11. Pärnaste, Helje (2004). "Revision of the Ordovician cheirurid trilobite genus Reraspis with the description of the earliest representative". Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Geol. 53 (2): 125–138. doi:10.3176/geol.2004.2.03. http://www.gi.ee/pdfid/10912.pdf. 
  12. Ramskjöld, L.; Werdelin, L. (1991). "The phylogeny and evolution of some phacopid trilobites". Cladistics 7: 29–74. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1991.tb00021.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2581412 entry