Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Alternative combinations: Calymene quadrata, Flexicalymene quadrata
Belongs to Gravicalymene according to P. M. Smith and M. C. Ebach 2020
See also Hiller 1981, Price 1982 and Shirley 1936
Sister taxa: Calymene (Gravicalymene) angustior, Gravicalymene arcuata, Gravicalymene asperula, Gravicalymene australis, Gravicalymene bakeri, Gravicalymene capitovata, Gravicalymene changyangensis, Gravicalymene convolva, Gravicalymene cootamundrensis, Gravicalymene coppinsensis, Gravicalymene deani, Gravicalymene eunoa, Gravicalymene hagani, Gravicalymene hamlagdadica, Gravicalymene hetera, Gravicalymene hornyi, Gravicalymene inflata, Gravicalymene jugifera, Gravicalymene kilmorensis, Gravicalymene lardeuxi, Gravicalymene longmenshanensis, Gravicalymene maura, Gravicalymene pola, Gravicalymene pontilis, Gravicalymene quadrilobata, Gravicalymene scutula, Gravicalymene susi, Gravicalymene tedderensis, Gravicalymene truncatus, Gravicalymene vaccina, Gravicalymene xibieheense, Gravicalymene yamakoshii, Gravicalymene zhenzishanensis
Type specimen: GSM 31742,3, an exoskeleton (external and internal moulds of articulated exoskeleton)
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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