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Flexicalymene retrorsa

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene meeki retrorsa was named by Foerste (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Half a mile above the mouth of Silver creek, east of Dunlapsville, which is in a Richmondian offshore ramp packstone/mudstone in the Waynesville Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Calymene retrorsa by Foerste (1919); it was recombined as Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) retrorsa by Owen (1986); it was recombined as Flexicalymene retrorsa by Hunda and Hughes (2007).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Calymene meeki retrorsa Foerste p. 85 figs. pl. 3 f. 19
1919Calymene retrorsa Foerste p. 76
1986Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) retrorsa Owen
2007Flexicalymene retrorsa 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
speciesretrorsa()

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 retrorsa Foerste 1910
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Diagnosis
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