Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Belongs to Brachymetopus according to Hahn 1964
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus), Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus), Brachymetopus (Conimetopus), Brachymetopus drevermanni, Brachymetopus edwardsi, Brachymetopus jayae, Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus nodosus, Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (1 collection), France (1), Germany (1)
• Devonian of China (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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