{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Ludfordian|Pridoli}} | image = Trilobites - Metacalymene baylei.JPG | image_caption = ''Metacalymene baylei'' from Beroun, Dlauhà, Prague Basin Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) | taxon = Metacalymene | authority = Kegel, 1927 }}
'''Metacalymene''' is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Calymenidae. This genus is considered monotypic, containing only the type species:
* ''Metacalymene baylei'' Barrande, 1846.
These trilobites were nektobenthic detritivore. They lived in the Silurian period in the Ludlow epoch, from 422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 million years ago.
==Distribution== Silurian of the Czech Republic.
==References== *[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxontree/id165882/ Biolib] *[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19827 ''Selenopeltis''] in the Paleobiology Database *Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita] *DJ Siveter – 1979 - [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1303877?uid=3738296&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=56239763143 Metacalymene Kegel, 1927, a Calymenid Trilobite from the Kopanika Formation (Silurian) of Bohemia]
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Category:Calymenidae Category:Silurian trilobites Category:Trilobites of Europe Category:Phacopida genera
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