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Bronteopsis brumleyi

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Bronteopsis brumleyi was named by Cooper (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 116460b, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Bronteopsis brumleyi Cooper p. 25 figs. Pl. 9, fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyStygininaeVogdes 1890
genusBronteopsisNicholson and Etheridge 1879
speciesbrumleyi

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.

Bronteopsis brumleyi Cooper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:02:48
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:02:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available