Calymenidae

Calymenidae is a family of trilobites, containing the following genera:

Calymenidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CalymeninaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
well-developedPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 66 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 410.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 382.31 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 2197 occurrencesOrdovician — about 1504 of 2197 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 603 of 2197 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 91 of 2197 occurrencesDevonian489–485 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences485–482 Mya — about 2 occurrences482–478 Mya — about 2 occurrences478–474 Mya — about 29 occurrences474–471 Mya — about 41 occurrences471–467 Mya — about 44 occurrences467–464 Mya — about 51 occurrences464–460 Mya — about 134 occurrences460–456 Mya — about 188 occurrences456–453 Mya — about 130 occurrences453–449 Mya — about 553 occurrences449–445 Mya — about 292 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 72 occurrences442–438 Mya — about 120 occurrences438–435 Mya — about 102 occurrences435–431 Mya — about 127 occurrences431–427 Mya — about 92 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 67 occurrences424–420 Mya — about 53 occurrences420–416 Mya — about 16 occurrences416–413 Mya — about 15 occurrences413–409 Mya — about 53 occurrences409–406 Mya — about 3 occurrences406–402 Mya — about 3 occurrences402–398 Mya — about 3 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 2 occurrences395–391 Mya — about 1 occurrence391–387 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences387–384 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences384–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences477.1 Mya410.62 Mya489 Mya380 Mya

2,197 occurrences of Calymenidae on record, most of them in the Ordovician. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,197 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

485 formations

Kope — 38.87°N, 84.46°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 38.80°N, 84.16°WKope — 39.01°N, 84.45°WKope — 39.06°N, 84.44°WKope — 39.03°N, 84.54°WKope — 38.68°N, 83.79°WKope — 38.43°N, 83.99°WKope — 38.77°N, 84.10°WKope — 38.68°N, 84.04°WKope — 39.07°N, 84.50°WKope — 38.98°N, 84.57°WWaynesville — 39.45°N, 83.83°WWaynesville — 39.44°N, 84.20°WWaynesville — 39.42°N, 85.01°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 39.53°N, 84.08°WWaynesville — 39.38°N, 84.08°WWaynesville — 39.35°N, 85.10°WWaynesville — 39.58°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.05°WWaynesville — 39.36°N, 84.36°WWaynesville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WWaynesville — 38.77°N, 85.36°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 85.20°WWaynesville — 39.41°N, 83.98°WWaynesville — 39.60°N, 84.98°WWaynesville — 39.39°N, 83.92°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.62°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.12°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.51°WJupiter — 49.56°N, 63.35°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.40°WJupiter — 49.35°N, 63.25°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.22°N, 62.24°WJupiter — 49.15°N, 62.20°WJupiter — 49.24°N, 62.39°WJupiter — 49.14°N, 62.36°WJupiter — 49.14°N, 62.34°WJupiter — 49.23°N, 62.55°WJupiter — 49.23°N, 62.62°WJupiter — 49.48°N, 63.16°WJupiter — 49.43°N, 63.12°WCorryville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WCorryville — 39.43°N, 84.60°WCorryville — 39.17°N, 84.12°WCorryville — 39.30°N, 84.40°WCorryville — 38.68°N, 83.79°WCorryville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WDenley Limestone — 43.21°N, 75.46°WDenley Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WDenley Limestone — 43.28°N, 75.14°WDenley Limestone — 43.00°N, 75.00°WDenley Limestone — 43.88°N, 75.49°WFairview — 39.47°N, 87.41°WFairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFairview — 39.01°N, 84.45°WFairview — 39.03°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.30°N, 84.40°WFairview — 38.68°N, 83.79°WSunset — 39.43°N, 84.60°WSunset — 37.74°N, 84.25°WSunset — 39.33°N, 84.07°WSunset — 38.49°N, 83.76°WSunset — 39.34°N, 84.39°WSunset — 39.37°N, 84.39°WSunset — 39.41°N, 84.50°WSunset — 39.13°N, 84.62°WSunset — 38.61°N, 83.77°WSunset — 39.03°N, 83.85°WDufton Shales — 54.72°N, 2.48°WCautley Mudstone — 54.37°N, 2.43°WCautley Mudstone — 54.27°N, 2.47°WBecscie — 49.40°N, 62.42°WBecscie — 49.80°N, 64.42°WBecscie — 49.82°N, 64.33°WBecscie — 49.61°N, 63.42°WBecscie — 49.56°N, 63.35°WBecscie — 49.61°N, 63.45°WBecscie — 49.74°N, 63.90°WBecscie — 49.38°N, 62.46°WBecscie — 49.66°N, 63.22°WBecscie — 49.31°N, 61.83°WGarra — 32.58°S, 148.95°EOregonia — 39.44°N, 84.98°WOregonia — 39.34°N, 84.95°WOregonia — 39.48°N, 84.07°WOregonia — 39.22°N, 84.08°WOregonia — 39.54°N, 84.34°WOregonia — 39.13°N, 84.60°WOregonia — 39.33°N, 84.07°WOregonia — 38.58°N, 83.70°WOregonia — 39.03°N, 83.85°WCape Phillips — 75.00°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.10°N, 94.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WSolvang — 60.00°N, 11.00°ESolvang — 60.13°N, 10.28°ESolvang — 59.88°N, 10.72°ESolvang — 61.33°N, 8.80°ESolvang — 59.90°N, 10.63°ESolvang — 59.82°N, 10.61°ESolvang — 58.45°N, 8.76°ESolvang — 59.83°N, 10.51°ESolvang — 60.05°N, 10.18°ESolvang — 60.30°N, 10.52°EMartinsburg — 36.95°N, 81.08°WMartinsburg — 38.93°N, 78.20°WMartinsburg — 40.48°N, 76.53°WMartinsburg — 37.38°N, 80.86°WMartinsburg — 37.35°N, 80.81°WMartinsburg — 38.52°N, 78.89°WMartinsburg — 38.30°N, 78.01°WMartinsburg — 38.25°N, 79.05°WWhite Head — 48.57°N, 64.42°WWhite Head — 48.50°N, 64.25°WWhite Head — 48.58°N, 68.18°WWhite Head — 48.50°N, 64.23°WXiazhen — 28.57°N, 118.30°EKirkley Bank — 54.43°N, 2.78°WKirkley Bank — 54.43°N, 2.88°WNavas de Estena — 39.47°N, 4.48°WNavas de Estena — 39.00°N, 4.00°WDelorme — 62.38°N, 127.00°WDelorme — 62.78°N, 125.25°WLas Aguaditas — 30.33°S, 68.80°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.62°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.06°WRochester Shale — 43.10°N, 79.06°WRochester Shale — 43.20°N, 77.53°WRochester Shale — 43.00°N, 79.00°WRochester Shale — 43.17°N, 78.68°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.72°WRochester Shale — 43.22°N, 76.82°WRochester Shale — 39.65°N, 78.76°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 38.22°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.95°WLexington Limestone — 37.92°N, 84.50°WFfairfach Flags and Grits — 52.00°N, 4.00°W

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The named rock units Calymenidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 461 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 303 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Calymenidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Calymenidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,962 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,768 sites for Calymenidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

393 references

Each of the 2,197 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 381 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Calymenidae

Credit
porshunta
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Milne-Edwards 1840