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Brachymetopus jayae

Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Iriania jayae was named by Archbold (1981). Its type specimen is IMC 58, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ainim River 78NR196 (float), which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Aifat Formation of Indonesia.

It was recombined as Narinia jayae by Archbold (1997); it was recombined as Brachymetopus jayae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Iriania jayae Archbold p. 37 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-6
1997Narinia jayae Archbold p. 119
2002Brachymetopus jayae Jell and Adrain p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
subfamilyBrachymetopinaePrantl and Pribyl 1950
genusBrachymetopus
speciesjayae()

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 jayae Archbold 1981
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Iriania jayae (type locality: 81375)