Flexicalymene

Flexicalymene
Flexicalymene caractaci (Salter, 1865) from the Caradoc Series of Shropshire, England.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Calymenidae
Genus: Flexicalymene
Shirly, 1936
Species

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Flexicalymene from Morocco
Flexicalymene from Morocco

Flexicalymene Shirley, 1936.[1] is a genus of trilobites belonging to the order Phacopida, suborder Calymenina and Family Calymenidae. Flexicalymene specimens can be mistaken for Calymene, Gravicalymene, Diacalymene and a few other Calymenina genera. They are used as an index fossil in the Ordovician. Ohio and North America are particularly known for being rich with Flexicalymene fossils.

  1. ^ SHIRLEY, J. 1936. Some British trilobites of the family Calymenidae. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 92, 384 - 421.