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Calymene niagarensis

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Calymene niagarensis
Temporal range: Middle Silurian[1]
Fossils of Calymene niagarensis from Ohio, United States, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Calymenidae
Genus: Calymene
Species:
C. niagarensis
Binomial name
Calymene niagarensis
Hall, 1843

Calymene niagarensis is a species of trilobite belonging to the genus Calymene. These nektobenthic carnivores lived in the Middle Silurian, from 436.0 to 426.2 Ma.[1]

Description

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Calymene niagarensis is a small species, reaching a length of about 4 centimetres (1.6 in) and a width of about 2.7 centimetres (1.1 in). It has around 20 body segments and small, round eyes.

Distribution

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Fossils of this species have been found in the Silurian sediments of United States. Most specimens have been found in New York and Oklahoma.[1]

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