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Platycalymene trapezoidalis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene (Sulcocalymene) trapezoidalis was named by Baldis and Pothe (1995). It is the type species of Flexicalymene (Sulcocalymene).

It was recombined as Platycalymene trapezoidalis by Edgecombe et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Flexicalymene (Sulcocalymene) trapezoidalis Baldis and Pothe
1998Platycalymene trapezoidalis Edgecombe et al. pp. 680 - 684 figs. 2, 3, 4.1-4.6, 4.9-4.11, 4.13-4.17, 4.19-4.21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
genusPlatycalymene
speciestrapezoidalis(Baldis and Pothe 1995)

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.

Platycalymene trapezoidalis Baldis and Pothe 1995
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Diagnosis
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