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Flexicalymene verecunda

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene verecunda was named by Dean (1979). Its type specimen is GSC 38671, a cephalon/head (left cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC loc. 90844 - Unsurfaced road leading from Lourdes to Clam Bank Cove, which is in a Katian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Winterhouse Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Flexicalymene verecunda Dean pp. 13 - 14 figs. Plate 9, figures 1-9
2007Flexicalymene verecunda 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
speciesverecunda

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.

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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, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Katian or 453.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Newfoundland) Flexicalymene verecunda (type locality: 192321)