Arcticalymene

Arcticalymene Temporal range: Early Ludlow [1] -Late Wenlock [2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Phacopida
Family:	† Calymenidae
Genus:	† Arcticalymene Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Type species
Arcticalymene viciousi Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997
Species
A. australisSandford, 2000 [1] A. cookiAdrain and Edgecombe, 1997 A. jonesiAdrain and Edgecombe, 1997 A. matlockiAdrain and Edgecombe, 1997 A. rotteniAdrain and Edgecombe, 1997 A. viciousiAdrain and Edgecombe, 1997

Arcticalymene is a genus of trilobites found in Silurian-aged marine strata of Arctic Canada and Central Victoria, Australia. ^[1]

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. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)

References

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