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Brachymetopidae

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Brachymetopidae Prantl and Pribyl pp. 353-512
1990Brachymetopidae Owens and Hammann
1997Brachymetopidae Adrain and Kloc p. 707
1998Brachymetopidae Brezinski
2003Brachymetopidae Owens p. 379
2011Brachymetopidae Adrain p. 106
2015Brachymetopidae Lamsdell and Selden p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951

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.

Fm. †Brachymetopidae Prantl and Pribyl 1951
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G. †Australosutura Campbell and Goldring 1960
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Australosutura gardneri Mitchell 1922
Australosutura llanoensis Brezinski 1998
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Invalid names: Australosutura immaturus Herrick 1888 [synonym], Australosutura rusticus Hyde 1953 [synonym], Australosutura spinosus Herrick 1888 [synonym]
Subfm. †Brachymetopinae Prantl and Pribyl 1950
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G. †Asiagena Maksimova 1975
G. †Brachymetopus M'Coy 1847
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Subg. †Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus) Hahn and Hahn 1985
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Subg. †Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) M'Coy 1847
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Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) gloriosus Engel and Morris 1996
Subg. †Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) Hahn and Hahn 1985
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Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) alekseevi Mychko and Savchuk 2019
Brachymetopus edwardsi Goldring 1958
Brachymetopus jayae Archbold 1981
Brachymetopus maccoyi Portlock 1843
Brachymetopus nodosus Wilson 1979
Brachymetopus pseudometopina Gauri and Ramovs 1964
Brachymetopus rhinorhachis Brezinski 1992
Brachymetopus spiniferus Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
Brachymetopus spinosus Herrick 1888
Brachymetopus woodwardii Whidborne 1896
Invalid names: Brachymetopina Reed 1903 [objective synonym], Iriania Archbold 1981 [synonym], Loeipyge Kobayashi and Hamada 1979 [synonym]
G. †Namuropyge Richter and Richter 1939
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Subg. †Namuropyge (Coignops) Gandl 1980
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Subg. †Namuropyge (Coignouina) Reed 1943
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Subg. †Namuropyge (Cuyapyge) Müller et al. 2021
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Namuropyge (Cuyapyge) brooksi Müller et al. 2021
Subg. †Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) Müller et al. 2021
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Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) australis Engel and Morris 1991
Subg. †Namuropyge (Namuropyge) Richter and Richter 1939
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Namuropyge (Namuropyge) demaneti Richter and Richter 1939
Subg. †Namuropyge (Tilsleya) Hahn and Hahn 1996
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Namuropyge discors McCoy 1844
Namuropyge kingi Richter and Richter 1939
Namuropyge uniserialis Engel and Morris 1991
Invalid names: Coignouina Reed 1943 [synonym]
G. †Oenonella Fortey 1980
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Oenonella paulula Fortey 1980
G. †Proetides Walter 1924
G. †Radnoria Wasmann 1894
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Radnoria carlsi Owens and Hammann 1990
Radnoria guyi Pereira et al. 2015
Radnoria humillima Barrande 1852
Radnoria syrphetodes Owens and Thomas 1975
Radnoria triquetra Owens and Thomas 1975
G. †Tschernyschewiella Fredericks 1924
G. †Tschernyshewiella Toll 1899
G. †Cheiropyge Diener 1897
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Cheiropyge himalayensis Diener 1897
Cheiropyge koizumii Kobayashi and Hamada 1982
Cheiropyge radula Flick and Shiino 2021
Invalid names: Suturikephalion Kobayashi and Hamada 1982 [synonym]
G. †Cordania Clarke 1892
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Cordania cyclurus Hall and Clarke 1888
G. †Hahnus Özdikmen 2009
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Hahnus maximowae Hahn and Hahn 1982
Invalid names: Eometopus Hahn and Hahn 1996 [replaced]
G. †Latecephalus Nan 1976
G. †Mystrocephala Whittington 1960
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Mystrocephala stummi Fagerstrom 1961
G. †Narinia Archbold 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available