Diacalymene
| Diacalymene Temporal range: Late Ordovician-Silurian ~445.6–418.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Family: | †Calymenidae |
| Genus: | †Diacalymene Kegel, 1927 |
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| Calymene diademata Barrande, 1846 [1] | |
Diacalymene is a genus of trilobite from the order Phacopida, suborder Calymenina. It includes the species D. ouzregui, D. clavicula,[2] D. diademata and D. gabrielsi.[1] It lived in the Ordovician[3] and Silurian periods.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of the genus have been found in:[4]
- Ordovician
- Cabano, Jupiter and White Head Formations, Quebec, Canada
- Ktaoua Formation, Morocco
- Dufton Shale, United Kingdom
- Silurian
- Lipeón Formation, Argentina
- Cariy Sandstone, Paraguay
- Motol and Zelkovice Formations, Czech Republic
- Henryhouse Formation and St. Clair Limestone, United States
References
- ^ a b c Jonathan M. Adrain and Gregory D. Edgecombe (1997). "Silurian (Wenlock) calymenid trilobites from the Cape Phillips Formation, central Canadian Arctic" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 71 (4): 657–682. Bibcode:1997JPal...71..657A. doi:10.1017/S0022336000040130. JSTOR 1306585. S2CID 131835921.
- ^ Riccardo Levi-Setti (1995). Trilobites (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-47452-6.
- ^ Pierre J. Lespérance (1968). "Ordovician and Silurian trilobite faunas of the White Head Formation, Percé Region, Québec". Journal of Paleontology. 42 (3): 811–826. JSTOR 1302377.
- ^ Diacalymene at Fossilworks.org
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| Genera |
- Cambrian
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
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| First described | |
| Largest |
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| Smallest | Acanthopluerella |
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Joachim Barrande
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Charles Doolittle Walcott
- Charles Emerson Beecher
- Roderick Murchison
- Adam Sedgwick
- Rudolf Kaufmann
- Rudolf Richter & Emma Richter
- Martin Basse
- Niles Eldredge
- George Frederic Matthew
- Harry B. Whittington
- Brian D. E. Chatterton
- Richard Fortey
- Euan Clarkson
- Franco Rasetti
- Gregory D. Edgecombe
- Bruce S. Lieberman
- Gerald J. Kloc
- Gerhard K. B. Alberti
- Teiichi Kobayashi
- Johan Wilhelm Dalman
- Anti-Atlas Mountains
- Beecher's Trilobite Bed
- Burgess Shale
- Emu Bay Shale
- Gees, Gerolstein
- Hunsrück Slate
- Jince Formation
- Latham Shale
- Llandeilo Group
- Maotianshan Shales
- Silica Shale Formation
- Takaka Terrane
- Walcott–Rust quarry
- Wenlock Group
- Wheeler Shale
- Wolchov River
- Wren's Nest
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Category:Trilobites
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