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Bradocryphaeus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Bradocryphaeus was named by Haas and Mensink (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 983].

It was reranked as Neocalmonia (Bradocryphaeus) by Pillet (1974).

It was assigned to Neocalmonia by Pillet (1974); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asteropyginae by Van Viersen and Vanherle (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Bradocryphaeus Haas and Mensink pp. 155-211
1974Neocalmonia (Bradocryphaeus) Pillet
2002Bradocryphaeus Jell and Adrain
2002Bradocryphaeus Sepkoski
2018Bradocryphaeus Van Viersen and Vanherle p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusBradocryphaeusHaas and Mensink 1970

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Bradocryphaeus Haas and Mensink 1970
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†Bradocryphaeus echinatus Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018
†Bradocryphaeus kermanensis Morzadec et al. 2002
†Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi Richter and Richter 1926
†Bradocryphaeus mosanus Richter and Richter 1926
†Bradocryphaeus neptuni Van Viersen and Bignon 2011
†Bradocryphaeus vanherlei Van Viersen and Bignon 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 383.70000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Aragon) Neocalmonia mosana (40444)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4France B. fiacrensis, B. sp. 1 (38812) B. sp. 2, B. fiacrensis (38687)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Spain (Léon) B. matallanensis (234792)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Iran B. kermanensis (223340)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Spain (Castille & Léon) B. hispanicus (234789)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian383.7 - 379.5Belgium (Namur) B. echinatus, B. mosanus (234785) B. mosanus (234786)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian383.7 - 379.5Belgium B. maillieuxi, B. vanherlei (223258)
Frasnian - Famennian382.7 - 358.9France (Alsace) B. fiacrensis (40080)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Belgium (Namur) B. laomedeia, B. neptuni (234779)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Belgium (Couvin) B. laomedeia (234781) B. neptuni (158088)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1France (Alsace) B. feisti (38675)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Belgium B. neptuni (234787) B. sp. N (234777)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Belgium (Namur) B. neptuni (234788)