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Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) jemtlandica

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene jemtlandica was named by Thorslund (1940).

It was recombined as Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) jemtlandica by Siveter (1977) and Hunda and Hughes (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) jemtlandica Siveter
2007Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) jemtlandica Hunda and Hughes pp. Table A1

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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
speciesjemtlandica(Thorslund 1940)

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.

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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Oandu to the top of the Nabala or 453.00000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Keila - Rakvere453.9 - 450.5Sweden (Jämtland) Flexicalymene jemtlandica (167301)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway Flexicalymene jemtlandica (162531 162532)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway (Asker) Flexicalymene jemtlandica (163204)
Oandu - Rakvere453.0 - 450.5Norway Flexicalymene jemtlandica (162631 162633)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway Flexicalymene jemtlandica (163189 163194) Flexicalymene jemtlandica, Flexicalymene jemtlandica (162533)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway Flexicalymene jemtlandica, Flexicalymene jemtlandica (162634)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway (Baerum) Flexicalymene jemtlandica (163197)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway (Ringerike) Flexicalymene jemtlandica (166813)