Arcticalymene

Arcticalymene
Temporal range: Early Ludlow-Late Wenlock
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Phacopida
Family: †Calymenidae
Genus: †Arcticalymene
Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Type species
Arcticalymene viciousi
Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Species
  • A. australis Sandford, 2000
  • A. cooki Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. jonesi Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. matlocki Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. rotteni Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
  • A. viciousi Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997

Arcticalymene is a genus of trilobites found in Silurian-aged marine strata of Arctic Canada and Central Victoria, Australia.

Species

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 Adrain and Edgecombe in 1997.

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature