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Flexicalymene magnipapilla

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene magnipapilla was named by Stumm and Kauffman (1958). Its type specimen is UMMP 34247, a cephalon/head, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Banks of Escanaba River, below power dam at Chandler Falls, which is in a Rocklandian/Kirkfieldian carbonate limestone in the Chandler Falls Formation of Michigan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Flexicalymene magnipapilla Stumm and Kauffman pp. 956 - 957 figs. pl. 124 f. 17

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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
speciesmagnipapilla

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 magnipapilla 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Rocklandian to the top of the Kirkfieldian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Flexicalymene magnipapilla (type locality: 75949)