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Brachymetopus edwardsi

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Brachymetopus edwardsi was named by Goldring (1958). Its type specimen is SM E14711, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Brachymetopus edwardsi Goldring pp. 238 - 239 figs. pl 3, figs 10-17; pl 4, figs 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
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
speciesedwardsi

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 edwardsi Goldring 1958
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Yeadonian or 320.00000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) Brachymetopus edwardsi (42757)