Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Full reference: R. Goldring. 1958. Lower Tournaisian trilobites in the Carboniferous Limestone Facies of the south-west province of Great Britain and of Belgium. Palaeontology 1(3):231-244
Belongs to Brachymetopus according to R. Goldring 1958
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus), Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus), Brachymetopus (Conimetopus), Brachymetopus drevermanni, Brachymetopus gaoanensis, Brachymetopus germanicus, Brachymetopus jayae, Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus nodosus, Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Type specimen: SM E14711, a cephalon/head
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Ukraine (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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