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Diacalymene is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, suborder Calymenina. Trilobites ("three-lobes" are extinct Arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Phacopida (" Lens -face" is an order of Trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. Calymenina is a suborder of the trilobite order Phacopida. This genus is large compared to most other Calymenina; 10 centimeter (4 in) long specimens are common. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches.
Fossils are found in nodules, usually outstretched. They are from the Ordovician of Morocco and are heavily mined. The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six of the Paleozoic era, and covers the time between 488 Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa These fossils may be one of the most common trilobites on the market today.