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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
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009

Age range: Caradoc or 458.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Flexicalymene shirleyi (type locality: 188938)