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Bradocryphaeus echinatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Bradocryphaeus echinatus was named by Van Viersen and Vanherle (2018). Its type specimen is IRSNB a13215, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc120, southwestern outskirts of Hotton, which is in a Frasnian/Frasnian marginal marine shale in the Moulin Liénaux Formation of Belgium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Bradocryphaeus echinatus Van Viersen and Vanherle pp. 85 - 87 figs. 7; 8K, M-Q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusBradocryphaeusHaas and Mensink 1970
speciesechinatus

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 echinatus Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018
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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 (Namur) Bradocryphaeus echinatus (type locality: 234785)