Arcticalymene

Arcticalymene
Temporal range: Early Ludlow[1]-Late Wenlock[2]
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Arcticalymene

Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Type species
Arcticalymene viciousi
Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Species
  • A. australis Sandford, 2000[1]
  • A. cooki Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. jonesi Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. matlocki Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. rotteni Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. viciousi Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997

Arcticalymene is a genus of trilobites found in Silurian-aged marine strata of Arctic Canada and Central Victoria, Australia.[1] The Canadian species are named after each of the Sex Pistols: A. cooki (Paul Cook), A. jonesi (Steve Jones), A. matlocki (Glen Matlock), A. rotteni (Johnny Rotten) and A. viciousi (Sid Vicious), all named by Adrain and Edgecombe in 1997.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Sandford, A. C. "Trilobite faunas and palaeoenvironmental setting of the Silurian (early Ludlow) Melbourne Formation, central Victoria." Alcheringa24.3 (2000): 153-206.
  2. ^ a b Adrain, Jonathan M., and Gregory D. Edgecombe. "Silurian (Wenlock) calymenid trilobites from the Cape Phillips Formation, central Canadian Arctic." Journal of Paleontology 71.04 (1997): 657-682.
  3. ^ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature