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An Ordovician-Silurian calymenid trilobite abundant in South America and North Africa, commonly found in the enrolled position in Bolivian and Argentine strata.
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What is Diacalymene?
Diacalymene is a calymenid trilobite from the Ordovician and Silurian periods. Fossils are commonly found in South American and North African strata.
Where are Diacalymene fossils found?
The genus is particularly associated with fossil-bearing rocks in South America and North Africa. Bolivian and Argentine strata are known for specimens preserved in an enrolled position.
Why are Diacalymene fossils often enrolled?
Many Diacalymene specimens are found enrolled, with the body curled into a defensive posture. This preservation records a behavior seen in several trilobite groups.
What type of animal was Diacalymene?
Diacalymene was a trilobite, an extinct marine arthropod. It belonged to the family Calymenidae and lived during the Ordovician to Silurian interval.
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