Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Full reference: Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou. 2006. Late Ordovician trilobites from the Zhusilenghaierhan area, Ejin Banner, western Inner Mongolia, China. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 32:383-411
Belongs to Flexicalymene according to Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou 2006
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 magnipapilla, Flexicalymene meeki, Flexicalymene onniensis, 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: NIGP 140422, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Zs6b, which is in a Gisbornian marine limestone/sandstone in the Badainjaran Formation of China.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zs6b
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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