Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXI. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(133):226-236
Belongs to Brachymetopus according to F. M'Coy 1847
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 rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in an Asbian marine siliciclastic in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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