Brachymetopus rhinorhachis Brezinski 1992 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Full reference: D. K. Brezinski. 1992. Permian trilobites from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):924-943

Belongs to Brachymetopus according to D. K. Brezinski 1992

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 spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii

Type specimen: USNM 447522, a pygidium. Its type locality is USNM728f, Victorio Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM728f, Victorio Canyon, Sierra Diablo

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