Calymene

Calymene

      genus of trilobites (extinct arthropods) dating from the Ordovician Period (505 to 438 million years ago). Well known in the fossil record, Calymene remains have been found in which impressions or actual remains of appendages are preserved. Calymene and its close relative Flexicalymene are frequently preserved as tightly rolled fossils. The rolling may be either a death position or a defensive one that the animal assumed to protect its soft, vulnerable underside.

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  • Calymene — Ca*lym e*ne, n. [Gr. (?) concealed, p. p. of ? to conceal.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Calymene niagarensis — Taxobox name = Calymene niagarensis fossil range = Middle Silurian image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Trilobita ordo = Phacopida subordo = Calymenina familia = Calymenidae genus = Calymene species …   Wikipedia

  • calymene — ca·lym·e·ne …   English syllables

  • calymene — kəˈlimə(ˌ)nē noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, modification of Greek kekalymmenē, feminine of kekalymmenos, perfect passive participle of kalyptein to cover, conceal more at hell : a genus of trilobites of the Ordovician, Silurian,… …   Useful english dictionary

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