Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Alternative combination: Brachymetopus maccoyi spinosus
Belongs to Brachymetopus according to Kammer 1985
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus), Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus), Brachymetopus (Conimetopus), Brachymetopus drevermanni, Brachymetopus edwardsi, Brachymetopus gaoanensis, Brachymetopus germanicus, Brachymetopus jayae, Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus nodosus, Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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