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Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) alekseevi

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) alekseevi was named by Mychko and Savchuk (2019). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shaktau and Tratau Reef Mounds, Southern Urals, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian reef, buildup or bioherm bindstone/framestone in the Shakhtau Reef Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) alekseevi Mychko and Savchuk

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
subfamilyBrachymetopinaePrantl and Pribyl 1950
genusBrachymetopus
subgenusConimetopusHahn and Hahn 1985
speciesalekseevi

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.

Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) alekseevi Mychko and Savchuk 2019
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Brachymetopus alekseevi (type locality: 75594)