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Flexicalymene shirleyi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene shirleyi was named by Tripp (1954). Its type specimen is A.3910, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craighead Quarry, which is in a Caradoc marine mudstone in the Craighead Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Flexicalymene shirleyi Tripp p. 673 figs. Pl 3, fig 21a-c

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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
speciesshirleyi

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 shirleyi Tripp 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available