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Flexicalymene peregrina

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene peregrina was named by Zhou and Zhou (2006). Its type specimen is NIGP 140422, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zs6b, which is in a Gisbornian marine limestone/sandstone in the Badainjaran Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Flexicalymene peregrina Zhou and Zhou p. 389 figs. Fig. 3K, 3O

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyFlexicalymeninae
genusFlexicalymene
speciesperegrina

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 peregrina Zhou and Zhou 2006
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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: Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gisbornian or 458.20000 to 452.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3China Flexicalymene peregrina (type locality: 187887)