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Metacalymene

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Metacalymene was named by Kegel (1927).

It was assigned to Flexicalymeninae by Siveter (1977); to Calymenidae by Shirley (1936), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Metacalymene Kegel
1936Metacalymene Shirley p. 395
1977Metacalymene Siveter
2002Metacalymene Jell and Adrain p. 405
2002Metacalymene Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyFlexicalymeninae
genusMetacalymeneKegel 1927

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Metacalymene Kegel 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available