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