Flexicalymene
Flexicalymene is a genus of trilobites of the order Phacopida, suborder Calymenina. They are found abundantly in North America. Flexicalymene specimens can be mistaken for Calymene, Gravicalymene, Diacalymene and a few other Calymenina genera. They are used as an index fossil in the Ordovician. Ohio and North America are particularly known for being rich with Flexicalymene fossils. Species include F. meeki and F. retrorsa (Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana), F. granulosa (Ohio, Kentucky and Quebec), F. senaria
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Flexicalymene meeki
speciesFlexicalymene meeki
Flexicalymene trinucleina
speciesFlexicalymene trinucleina
Flexicalymene griphus
speciesFlexicalymene griphus
Flexicalymene scotica
speciesFlexicalymene scotica
Flexicalymene senaria
speciesFlexicalymene senaria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1031895.