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Brachymetopus maccoyi

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia maccoyi was named by Portlock (1843).

It was recombined as Brachymetopus maccoyi by McCoy (1847); it was recombined as Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) maccoyi by Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Phillipsia maccoyi Portlock
1847Brachymetopus maccoyi McCoy
2020Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) maccoyi Lemke

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—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
speciesmaccoyi()

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 maccoyi Portlock 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available