Arcticalymene

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

Arcticalymene Temporal range: Early Ludlow[1]-Late Wenlock[2]
Scientific 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[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

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)