Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Parent taxon: Brachymetopus according to M'Coy 1847
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus), Brachymetopus (Conimetopus), Brachymetopus drevermanni, Brachymetopus edwardsi, Brachymetopus germanicus, Brachymetopus jayae, Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus nodosus, Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus rhinorhachis, Brachymetopus spiniferus, Brachymetopus spinosus, Brachymetopus strzeleckii, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Subtaxa: Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) gloriosus Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) intermedius Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) medinodulosus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (6 collections)
• Devonian of United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences