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Flexicalymene granulosa

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene callicephala granulosa was named by Foerste (1909).

It was recombined as Calymene granulosa by Foerste (1924); it was recombined as Flexicalymene granulosa by Hughes and Cooper (1999) and Hunda and Hughes (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Calymene callicephala granulosa Foerste p. 294
1924Calymene granulosa Foerste
1999Flexicalymene granulosa Hughes and Cooper
2007Flexicalymene granulosa 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
speciesgranulosa()

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 granulosa Foerste 1909
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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: Edenian or 451.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Flexicalymene granulosa (72674 154339 192306)