Flexicalymene

Flexicalymene

Taxobox | name = "Flexicalymene"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Trilobita
ordo = Phacopida
subordo = Calymenina
familia = Calymenidae
genus = "Flexicalymene"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Flexicalymene" is a genus of trilobites of the order Phacopida, suborder Calymenina. They are found abundantly in North America. Flexicalymene can be mistaken for "Calymene", "Gravicalymene", "Diacalymene" and a few other Calymenina genera. They are used as an index fossil in the Ordovician. Ohio is particularly known for being rich with Flexicalymene fossils. Species include:

*"Flexicalymene meeki", Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
*"Flexicalymene retrorsa", Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
*"Flexicalymene granulosa", Ohio, Kentucky and Quebec.
*"Flexicalymene senaria", Quebec.
*"Flexicalymene croneisi", Ontario.


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