Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) medinodulosus Engel and Morris 1992 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Alternative combination: Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) maccoyi medinodulosus

Full reference: B. A. Engel and N. Morris. 1992. Aulacopleuridae and Brachymetopidae (Trilobita) from the Lower Carboniferous of eastern Australia (II) Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) and Australosutura. Geologica et Palaeontologica 26:73-97

Belongs to Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) according to T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015

See also Engel and Morris 1992

Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) gloriosus, Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) intermedius

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at NU L890. Nugra Road, south of Girvan (Carboniferous of Australia)

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