| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Brachymetopus gaoanensis
Taxonomy
Brachymetopus gaoanensis was named by Zhang (1982). Its type specimen is HIT-6004, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gao'an County, Loping Formation, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Brachymetopus gaoanensis Zhang p. 328 figs. Pl 125, figs 8-11 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Brachymetopus gaoanensis Zhang 1982
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | China (Anhui) | Brachymetopus gaoanensis (type locality: 102110) |