Name: Flexicalymene
(Flexycalymene) retrorsa
Trilobites,
Order Phacopida, Suborder Calymenina,
Family: Calymenidae
Geologic
Time: Ordovician
Size: 36
mm
Fossil Site:
Arnheim formation, Highland County, Ohio
| A
large and pristine example of a common trilobite from the Ordovician
of Ohio, Flexicalymene retrorsa, a Calymenid trilobite (Order Phacopida;
Family: Calymenidae)
coming from the Ordovician Richmond Formation strata of Mount Orab,
Ohio. Studies have shown that trilobites such as these can be transported
over considerable distances by slow moving water currents. |
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