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Flexicalymene
Taxonomy
Flexicalymene was named by Shirley (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l S Ludl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378].
It was assigned to Flexicalymeninae by Siveter (1977), Owen and Bruton (1980); to Calymenidae by Whittington (1941), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Flexicalymeninae by Siveter (1977), Owen and Bruton (1980); to Calymenidae by Whittington (1941), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
F. (Flexicalymene), F. (Onnicalymene), F. (Reacalymene), F. aurora, F. cambrensis, F. caractaci (syn. F. trigonoceps, F. cobboldi), F. cavei, F. croneisi, F. forcipata, F. granulosa, F. griphus, F. incerta, F. magnipapilla, F. meeki, F. onniensis, F. peregrina, F. planilabra, F. planimarginata, F. praelongicephala, F. quadricapita, F. retrorsa, F. scabustula, F. scotica, F. shirleyi, F. tazarinensis, F. trinucleina, F. vaccarii, F. verecunda
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Flexicalymene Shirley |
| 1941 | Flexicalymene Whittington p. 493 |
| 1977 | Flexicalymene Siveter |
| 1980 | Flexicalymene Owen and Bruton |
| 2002 | Flexicalymene Jell and Adrain p. 376 |
| 2002 | Flexicalymene Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Flexicalymene Shirley 1936
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Subg. †Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) Siveter 1977
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†Calymene senaria stacyi Schmidt 1894
†Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) caractaci Salter 1865
†Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) senaria Conrad 1841
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†Flexicalymene senaria parvicephala Stumm and Kauffman 1958
Subg. †Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) Dean 1962
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†Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) jemtlandica Thorslund 1940
†Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) scabustula Siveter 1977
Subg. †Flexicalymene (Reacalymene) Shirley 1936
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†Flexicalymene (Reacalymene) limba Shirley 1936
†Flexicalymene (Reacalymene) pusulosa Shirley 1936
†Flexicalymene aurora Hughes 1969
†Flexicalymene cambrensis Salter 1865
†Flexicalymene caractaci Salter 1865
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Invalid names: Flexicalymene cobboldi Dean 1963 [synonym], Flexicalymene trigonoceps Bancroft 1949 [synonym]
†Flexicalymene cavei Price 1974
†Flexicalymene croneisi Roy 1941
†Flexicalymene forcipata M'Coy 1846
†Flexicalymene granulosa Foerste 1909
†Flexicalymene griphus Ross 1967
†Flexicalymene incerta Barrande 1852
†Flexicalymene magnipapilla Stumm and Kauffman 1958
†Flexicalymene meeki Foerste 1910
†Flexicalymene onniensis Shirley 1936
†Flexicalymene peregrina Zhou and Zhou 2006
†Flexicalymene planilabra Stumm and Kauffman 1958
†Flexicalymene planimarginata Reed 1906
†Flexicalymene praelongicephala Stumm and Kauffman 1958
†Flexicalymene quadricapita Stumm and Kauffman 1958
†Flexicalymene retrorsa retrorsa Foerste 1910
†Flexicalymene scabustula Siveter 1977
†Flexicalymene scotica Lamont 1949
†Flexicalymene shirleyi Tripp 1954
†Flexicalymene tazarinensis Destombes 1966
†Flexicalymene trinucleina Tullberg 1882
†Flexicalymene vaccarii Waisfeld and Sanchez 1993
†Flexicalymene verecunda Dean 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Zahorany to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 459.30000 to 430.60000 Ma
Collections (776 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ordovician | USA (New York) | F. sp. (332) | |
| Middle Ordovician | USA (Kentucky) | F. sp. (10745) | |
| Middle Ordovician | USA (New York) | F. sp. (333 334 335 430) | |
| Llanvirn | Spain (Asturias) | F. sp. (21085) | |
| Llanvirn | United Kingdom | F. aurora (234032) | |
| Early/Lower Llandeilo | United Kingdom (Wales) | F. sp. (3366 3367) | |
| Late/Upper Llanvirn | United Kingdom (Wales) | F. cambriensis (3318 69529 69537 69544 69545 69548 69582 69583) | |
| Late/Upper Llanvirn | United Kingdom | F. cambriensis (69534 69535 69572 69573 69574 69575 69576 69597 69598) | |
| Llandeilo | United Kingdom | F. cambriensis (69586 69587 69588 69589 69590 69591 69592 69596) | |
| Berounian | Czechia (Prague) | F. sp. (76474) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Hirnantian | Sweden | F. sp. (159341) | |
| Kosovian | Morocco (Maïder) | F. ouzregui (20996) | |
| Porkuni | Sweden (Dalarne) | F. sp. (153091 153092) | |
| Llandovery | USA (New York) | F. sp. (443) | |
| Llandovery - Wenlock | Ukraine | F. studenicense (23346) | |
| Aeronian - Telychian | USA (New York) | Calymene senaria (81899) | |
| Telychian | USA (New York) | Calymene senaria (82569) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | Argentina | F. vaccarii (25103) | |
| Wenlock | Ukraine | F. studenicense (23349) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | Argentina | F. sp. (25060 25062) | |