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