Kingdom Animalia Class Trilobita Suborder Calymenina Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Phacopida Family Calymenidae | |
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Similar Phacopida, Gravicalymene, Calymene niagarensis, Diacalymene, Calymene tristani | ||
Metacalymene is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Calymenidae. This genus is considered monotypic, containing only the type species:
These trilobites were nektobenthic detritivore. They lived in the Silurian period in the Ludlow age, from 422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 million years ago.
Distribution
Silurian of the Czech Republic.
References
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