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Flexicalymene vaccarii

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene vaccarii was named by Waisfeld and Sanchez (1993) [? Flexicalymene vaccarii]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lipeon Formation Trilobites, Sierra de Zapla, which is in a Telychian/Sheinwoodian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Lipeon Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Flexicalymene vaccarii Waisfeld and Sanchez

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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
speciesvaccarii

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 vaccarii Waisfeld and Sanchez 1993
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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, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 438.50000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Argentina Flexicalymene vaccarii (type locality: 25103)