Phacopida

Calymenesun granulosa

Order Phacopida / Suborder Calymenina / Superfamily Calymenoidea / Family Calymenidae

Katian (Late Ordovician)Hubei, Shaanxi
Classification
Order Phacopida / Suborder Calymenina / Superfamily Calymenoidea / Family Calymenidae
Genus
Calymenesun Kobayashi, 1951
Genus author
Kobayashi T.
Genus etymology
Calymene, a trilobite genus name; Sun, a surname, in honour of Prof. Sun Yunchu, the renowned Chinese
Species
Calymenesun granulosa Lu, 1975
Species author
Lu Yanhao
Species etymology
granulosa, Latin, granular, referring to the tubercles of varying size on the shell surface
Age
Katian (Late Ordovician)
Distribution
Hubei, Shaanxi
Diagnosis
Compared with the type species Calymenesun tingi, the differences are: the cranidium is densely covered with nodes of varying size, the anterior branches of the facial sutures converge less strongly forward from the eyes, and the thoracic axis is narrower.