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Platycalymene metoeca

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Platycalymene metoeca was named by Ingham and Tripp (1991). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jubilation Member, which is in an Aurelucian platform/shelf-margin reef mudstone in the Doularg Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Platycalymene metoeca Ingham and Tripp

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
genusPlatycalymene
speciesmetoeca

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.

†Platycalymene metoeca Ingham and Tripp 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available