''Apocalymene'' is a genus of

trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the ...

in the order

Phacopida Phacopida ("lens-face") is an order of trilobites that lived from the Late Cambrian to the Late Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse assemblage of taxa in three related suborders. Characteristics Phacopida had 8 to 19 thoraci ...

, which existed in what is now Australia. It was described by Chatterton & Campbell in 1980, and the type species is ''Apocalymene copinsensis''.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

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''Apocalymene''
at the

Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Pale ...

Calymenidae Fossils of the Czech Republic Trilobites of Australia Phacopida genera {{phacopida-stub