Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Full reference: E.C. Stumm and E.G. Kauffman. 1958. Calymenid trilobites from the Ordovician rocks of Michigan. Journal of Paleontology 32(5):943-960
Belongs to Flexicalymene according to E.C. Stumm and E.G. Kauffman 1958
Sister taxa: Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene), Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene), Flexicalymene (Reacalymene), Flexicalymene aurora, Flexicalymene cambrensis, Flexicalymene caractaci, Flexicalymene cavei, Flexicalymene croneisi, Flexicalymene forcipata, Flexicalymene granulosa, Flexicalymene griphus, Flexicalymene incerta, Flexicalymene meeki, Flexicalymene onniensis, Flexicalymene peregrina, Flexicalymene planilabra, Flexicalymene planimarginata, Flexicalymene praelongicephala, Flexicalymene quadricapita, Flexicalymene retrorsa, Flexicalymene scabustula, Flexicalymene scotica, Flexicalymene shirleyi, Flexicalymene tazarinensis, Flexicalymene trinucleina, Flexicalymene vaccarii, Flexicalymene verecunda
Type specimen: UMMP 34247, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Banks of Escanaba River, below power dam at Chandler Falls, which is in a Rocklandian/Kirkfieldian carbonate limestone in the Chandler Falls Formation of Michigan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Banks of Escanaba River, below power dam at Chandler Falls
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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