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Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) was named by Dean (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378,795].

It was reranked as Onnicalymene by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Calymenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Flexicalymene by Dean (1962) and Hunda and Hughes (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) Dean pp. 112 - 113
2002Onnicalymene Jell and Adrain p. 414
2002Onnicalymene Sepkoski
2007Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) Hunda and Hughes

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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
subgenusOnnicalymene

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.

Subg. †Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) Dean 1962
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. T. Dean 1962Generally similar to Flexicalymene, but distinguished by anterior border, which is short and steeply inclined forwards, and by position of palpebral lobes, opposite third glabellar furrows and frontal portion of third glabellar lobes. Thorax with thirteen segments.