Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Parent taxon: Brachymetopus according to E. Mychko 2025
See also Hahn et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus), Brachymetopus (Conimetopus), Brachymetopus drevermanni, Brachymetopus edwardsi, Brachymetopus germanicus, Brachymetopus indianwellsensis, Brachymetopus jayae, Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus nodosus, Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus swimmingwomanensis, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Subtaxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus) caucasicus Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus) jesenicianus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Slovenia (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence