Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Alternative combination: Cheiropyge (Suturikephalion) koizumii
Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1982. Advance reports on the Permian trilobites of Japan. II: Cordaniinae, nov. and Cheiropyge (Suturikephalion), nov. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B 58(3):49-51
Belongs to Cheiropyge according to U. Flick and Y. Shiino 2021
See also Brezinski 1992, Kobayashi and Hamada 1982 and Kobayashi and Hamada 1984
Sister taxa: Cheiropyge himalayensis, Cheiropyge radula
Type specimen: Its type locality is Omote-Matsukawa, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Shigejizawa Formation of Japan
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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