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Calvinella ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Saukiidae : Calvinella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Dikelocephalidae : Calvinella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Calvinella Walcott, 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Dikelocephalidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | minor spines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Calvinella clivula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella jerseyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella lata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella lira ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 499 Ma Cambrian | 499 Ma Cambrian | |
Calvinella minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella notata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella obsoleta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella ozarkensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella patula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella portlandensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella prethoparia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella procera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella prominentis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella pulchra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella sparsinodata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella spiniger species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella striata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella tenuisculpta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calvinella walcotti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1914 | Calvinella Walcott |
1959 | Calvinella Harrington et al. p. 323 |
2002 | Calvinella Jell and Adrain p. 354 |
2002 | Calvinella Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!