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Brachymetopus

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Brachymetopus M'Coy p. 229
1903Brachymetopina Reed
1979Loeipyge Kobayashi and Hamada
1981Iriania Archbold p. 36
1985Brachymetopus Hahn et al.
1990Brachymetopus Owens and Hammann
1990Loeipyge Owens and Hammann
2002Brachymetopus Jell and Adrain p. 351
2002Loeipyge Jell and Adrain p. 399
2002Brachymetopus Sepkoski
2002Loeipyge Sepkoski
2015Brachymetopus Vanderlaan and Ebach p. 12

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

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.

G. †Brachymetopus M'Coy 1847
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Subg. †Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus) Hahn and Hahn 1985
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Subg. †Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) M'Coy 1847
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†Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) gloriosus Engel and Morris 1996
Subg. †Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) Hahn and Hahn 1985
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†Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) alekseevi Mychko and Savchuk 2019
†Brachymetopus edwardsi Goldring 1958
†Brachymetopus jayae Archbold 1981
†Brachymetopus maccoyi Portlock 1843
†Brachymetopus nodosus Wilson 1979
†Brachymetopus pseudometopina Gauri and Ramovs 1964
†Brachymetopus rhinorhachis Brezinski 1992
†Brachymetopus spiniferus Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
†Brachymetopus spinosus Herrick 1888
†Brachymetopus woodwardii Whidborne 1896
Invalid names: Brachymetopina Reed 1903 [objective synonym], Iriania Archbold 1981 [synonym], Loeipyge Kobayashi and Hamada 1979 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 364.70000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) B. gemma (54952)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) B. drevermanni (38296 38298 38299 38300 38302)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) B. drevermanni (38304)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guangxi) B. oblongus, B. germanicus, B. woodwardii (222338)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Missouri) B. spinosiformis (6029)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8United Kingdom (England) B. woodwardii (229660 229661 229662)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8France B. germanicus (38642)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8China (Guangxi) B. germanicus (222332) B. maccoyi (222341)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) B. germanicus (38293)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (New Mexico) B. indianwellsensis (64752)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Ohio) B. nodosus (229350)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) B. sp. (7390)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) B. regularis (217053)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (Queensland) B. intermedius (217040) B. regularis, B. dunstani, B. intermedius (223681)
Tournaisian - Visean358.9 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) B. ararat (217060) B. medinodulosus (217058)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany B. ouralicus (37133) B. senckenbergianus, B. maccoyi, B. maccoyii (37132)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (Léon) B. maccoyi (67110)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (León) B. maccoyi (67109)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium B. maccoyi (37123) B. maccoyi, B. maccoyii (37127) B. ouralicus, B. sucellus, B. maccoyi (37122) B. sucellus, B. maccoyi (37124)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland B. maccoyi (76501)
Ivorian - Holkerian353.8 - 340.0France B. vosegus, B. maccoyi (66732)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland B. sp. (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (6914)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) B. maccoyi (5962 5963 5964)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) B. sp. (562)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (6916)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium B. ouralicus, B. maccoyi (37131)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium (Antwerpen) B. bormanus (38848)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany B. coignouides (66733)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) B. gloriosus (217075)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) B. ornatus (5965) B. ornatus, B. parvus (5966) B. ouralicus (5995)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Australia (New South Wales) B. strzeleckii (133349)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Belgium B. bormanus (42593)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) B. ornatus (28383)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Spain B. sp. (162349)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) B. edwardsi (42757)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Alaska) B. pseudometopina (100287)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Slovenia B. jesenicianus (67114) B. pseudometopina (67116) B. pseudometopina, B. jesenicianus (67112)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand Loeipyge spinifer (133249)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) B. alekseevi (75594)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Iriania jayae (81375)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) B. rhinorhachis (75865)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Ukraine B. sp. (119279)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Anhui) B. gaoanensis (102110)