Arcticalymene

Arcticalymene; Temporal range: Early Ludlow[1]-Late Wenlock[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Phacopida
Suborder:	Calymenina
Family:	Calymenidae
Genus:	Arcticalymene; Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Type species
	Arcticalymene viciousi; Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Species
	A. australis Sandford, 2000[1]; 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.[1] 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.[2][3]

References

Sandford, A. C. "Trilobite faunas and palaeoenvironmental setting of the Silurian (early Ludlow) Melbourne Formation, central Victoria." Alcheringa24.3 (2000): 153-206.
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.
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

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