Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Full reference: D. J. Siveter and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1996. Silicified calymenid trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, northwest Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 239(1-3):43-60
Belongs to Calymene according to D. J. Siveter and B. D. E. Chatterton 1996
Sister taxa: Calymene (Calymene), Calymene ansensis, Calymene barnesi, Calymene blumenbachii, Calymene breviceps, Calymene bufo, Calymene callicephala, Calymene celebra, Calymene conradi, Calymene frontosa, Calymene gamachei, Calymene granulosa, Calymene hadyardensis, Calymene latigenata, Calymene marginata, Calymene mimaspera, Calymene minimarginata, Calymene nasuta, Calymene niagarensis, Calymene nowlani, Calymene orthomarginata, Calymene pompeckji, Calymene retrorsa, Calymene ubitquitosus
Type specimen: UA 8324, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Fauna j, Section AV1, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Whitwellian slope limestone/shale in the Delorme Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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