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Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) ouralica

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia ouralica was named by de Verneuil (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kachkabache Mountain, near Artinsk, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) ouralica by Hahn and Hahn (1985) and Mychko and Savchuk (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Phillipsia ouralica de Verneuil
1985Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) ouralica Hahn and Hahn
2019Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) ouralica Mychko and Savchuk p. 349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
subfamilyBrachymetopinaePrantl and Pribyl 1950
genusBrachymetopus
subgenusConimetopusHahn and Hahn 1985
speciesouralica()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available