Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Full reference: D. K. Brezinski. 2000. Lower Mississippian trilobites from southern New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 74(6):1043-1064
Belongs to Brachymetopus according to D. K. Brezinski 2026
See also Brezinski 2000
Sister taxa: Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus), Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus), 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 swimmingwomanensis, Brachymetopus woodlandi, Brachymetopus woodwardii
Type specimen: CM 45728, a cephalon/head (partial cephalic shield). Its type locality is Indian Wells Canyon, Alamogordo, Caballero Formation, Otero, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore shelf wackestone in the Caballero Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Montana, New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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