Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Alternative combinations: Iriania jayae, Narinia jayae
Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1981. New Permian trilobite from Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Geological Research and Development Centre, Paleontology Series 2:35-41
Belongs to Brachymetopus according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Archbold 1981 and Archbold 1997
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus), Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus), Brachymetopus (Conimetopus), Brachymetopus drevermanni, Brachymetopus edwardsi, Brachymetopus germanicus, Brachymetopus indianwellsensis, Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus nodosus, Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus swimmingwomanensis, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Type specimen: IMC 58, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Ainim River 78NR196 (float), which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Aifat Formation of Indonesia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Ainim River 78NR196 (float)
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