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Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge (Asteropyge) maillieuxi was named by Richter and Richter (1926).

It was recombined as Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi by Van Viersen and Bignon (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Asteropyge (Asteropyge) maillieuxi Richter and Richter pp. 219 - 222 figs. pl. 12, figs 34-36.
2011Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi Van Viersen and Bignon pp. 113 - 114 figs. Pl. 1, Figs A-K; Fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusBradocryphaeusHaas and Mensink 1970
speciesmaillieuxi(Richter and Richter 1926)

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.

Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi Richter and Richter 1926
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 383.70000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian383.7 - 379.5Belgium Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi (type locality: 223258)