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Flexicalymene senaria parvicephala

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene senaria parvicephala was named by Stumm and Kauffman (1958). Its type specimen is UMMP 34228, a cephalon/head, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Flexicalymene parvicephala by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Flexicalymene senaria parvicephala Stumm and Kauffman pp. 950 - 951 figs. pl. 123 f. 16
2023Flexicalymene parvicephala Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyFlexicalymeninae
genusFlexicalymene
speciessenaria()
subspeciesparvicephala

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.

Flexicalymene senaria parvicephala Stumm and Kauffman 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:08:00
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:30:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Edenian or 451.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Michigan) Flexicalymene parvicephala (75951)