Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Full reference: D. Price. 1974. Trilobites from the Sholeshook Limestone (Ashgill) of South Wales. Palaeontology 17(4):841-868
Belongs to Flexicalymene according to D. Price 1974
Sister taxa: Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene), Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene), Flexicalymene (Reacalymene), Flexicalymene aurora, Flexicalymene cambrensis, Flexicalymene caractaci, Flexicalymene croneisi, Flexicalymene forcipata, Flexicalymene granulosa, Flexicalymene griphus, Flexicalymene incerta, Flexicalymene magnipapilla, 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: SM A57050, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Loc. 25. Moldin, near Llandowror, which is in a Cautleyan marine limestone in the Sholeshook Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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