Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Full reference: E. V. Mychko and O. V. Savchuk. 2019. A new brachymetopid trilobite from the Early Permian Shakhtau reef complex of the southwestern Urals, Bashkortostan, Russia. Zootaxa 4555(3):346-358
Belongs to Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) according to E. V. Mychko and O. V. Savchuk 2019
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) arcticus, Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) ouralica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shaktau and Tratau Reef Mounds, Southern Urals, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian reef, buildup or bioherm bindstone/framestone in the Shakhtau Reef Formation of the Russian Federation
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Shaktau and Tratau Reef Mounds, Southern Urals
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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