Arcticalymene
| Arcticalymene Temporal range: Early Ludlow[1]-Late Wenlock[2] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Phacopida |
| Suborder: | Calymenina |
| Family: | Calymenidae |
| Genus: | Arcticalymene Adrian and Edgecombe, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Arcticalymene viciousi Adrian and Edgecombe, 1997 | |
| Species | |
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Arcticalymene is a genus of trilobites found in Silurian-aged marine strata of Arctic Canada and Central Victoria, Australia.[1] The Canadian species are named after each of the Sex Pistols: A. cooki (Paul Cook), A. jonesi (Steve Jones), A. matlocki (Glen Matlock), A. rotteni (Johnny Rotten) and A. viciousi (Sid Vicious), all named by Adrian and Edgecombe in 1997.[2][3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Sandford, A. C. "Trilobite faunas and palaeoenvironmental setting of the Silurian (early Ludlow) Melbourne Formation, central Victoria." Alcheringa24.3 (2000): 153-206.
- 1 2 Adrain, Jonathan M., and Gregory D. Edgecombe. "Silurian (Wenlock) calymenid trilobites from the Cape Phillips Formation, central Canadian Arctic." Journal of Paleontology 71.04 (1997): 657-682.
- ↑ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
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