Metacalymene

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Metacalymene
Temporal range: Ludfordian–Pridoli
File:Trilobites - Metacalymene baylei.JPG
Metacalymene baylei from Beroun, Dlauhà, Prague Basin Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Calymenidae
Genus: Metacalymene
Kegel, 1927

Metacalymene is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Calymenidae. This genus is considered monotypic, containing only the type species:

  • Metacalymene baylei Barrande, 1846.

These trilobites were nektobenthic detritivore. They lived in the Silurian period in the Ludlow epoch, from 422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 million years ago.

Distribution

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Silurian of the Czech Republic.

References

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