Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Alternative combinations: Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) maccoyi, Phillipsia maccoyi
Full reference: J. E. Portlock. 1843. Report on the Geology of the County of Londonderry and of parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh 1-784
Belongs to Brachymetopus according to McCoy 1847
See also Lemke 2020 and Portlock 1843
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus), Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus), Brachymetopus (Conimetopus), Brachymetopus drevermanni, Brachymetopus edwardsi, Brachymetopus germanicus, Brachymetopus jayae, Brachymetopus nodosus, Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Subtaxa: Brachymetopus maccoyi spinimarginatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (5 collections), China (1), France (1), Germany (1), Ireland (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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