Biology:Metacalymene

Short description: Genus of trilobites

Metacalymene Temporal range: Ludfordian–Pridoli PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Metacalymene baylei from Beroun, Dlauhà, Prague Basin Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Phacopida
Suborder:	Calymenina
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

Silurian of the Czech Republic.

References

• Biolib
• Selenopeltis in the Paleobiology Database
• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita
• DJ Siveter – 1979 - Metacalymene Kegel, 1927, a Calymenid Trilobite from the Kopanika Formation (Silurian) of Bohemia

Wikidata ☰ Q6822372 entry