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Brachymetopidae

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Brachymetopidae Prantl and Pribyl pp. 353-512
1990Brachymetopidae Owens and Hammann
1997Brachymetopidae Adrain and Kloc p. 707
1998Brachymetopidae Brezinski
2003Brachymetopidae Owens p. 379
2011Brachymetopidae Adrain p. 106
2015Brachymetopidae Lamsdell and Selden p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951

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.

Fm. †Brachymetopidae Prantl and Pribyl 1951
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G. †Australosutura Campbell and Goldring 1960
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†Australosutura gardneri Mitchell 1922
†Australosutura llanoensis Brezinski 1998
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Invalid names: Australosutura immaturus Herrick 1888 [synonym], Australosutura rusticus Hyde 1953 [synonym], Australosutura spinosus Herrick 1888 [synonym]
Subfm. †Brachymetopinae Prantl and Pribyl 1950
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G. †Asiagena Maksimova 1975
G. †Brachymetopus M'Coy 1847
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Subg. †Brachymetopus (Acutimetopus) Hahn and Hahn 1985
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Subg. †Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) M'Coy 1847
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†Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) gloriosus Engel and Morris 1996
Subg. †Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) Hahn and Hahn 1985
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†Brachymetopus (Conimetopus) alekseevi Mychko and Savchuk 2019
†Brachymetopus edwardsi Goldring 1958
†Brachymetopus jayae Archbold 1981
†Brachymetopus maccoyi Portlock 1843
†Brachymetopus nodosus Wilson 1979
†Brachymetopus pseudometopina Gauri and Ramovs 1964
†Brachymetopus rhinorhachis Brezinski 1992
†Brachymetopus spiniferus Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
†Brachymetopus spinosus Herrick 1888
†Brachymetopus woodwardii Whidborne 1896
Invalid names: Brachymetopina Reed 1903 [objective synonym], Iriania Archbold 1981 [synonym], Loeipyge Kobayashi and Hamada 1979 [synonym]
G. †Namuropyge Richter and Richter 1939
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Subg. †Namuropyge (Coignops) Gandl 1980
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Subg. †Namuropyge (Coignouina) Reed 1943
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Subg. †Namuropyge (Cuyapyge) Müller et al. 2021
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†Namuropyge (Cuyapyge) brooksi Müller et al. 2021
Subg. †Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) Müller et al. 2021
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†Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) australis Engel and Morris 1991
Subg. †Namuropyge (Namuropyge) Richter and Richter 1939
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†Namuropyge (Namuropyge) demaneti Richter and Richter 1939
Subg. †Namuropyge (Tilsleya) Hahn and Hahn 1996
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†Namuropyge discors McCoy 1844
†Namuropyge kingi Richter and Richter 1939
†Namuropyge uniserialis Engel and Morris 1991
Invalid names: Coignouina Reed 1943 [synonym]
G. †Oenonella Fortey 1980
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†Oenonella paulula Fortey 1980
G. †Proetides Walter 1924
G. †Radnoria Wasmann 1894
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†Radnoria carlsi Owens and Hammann 1990
†Radnoria guyi Pereira et al. 2015
†Radnoria humillima Barrande 1852
†Radnoria syrphetodes Owens and Thomas 1975
†Radnoria triquetra Owens and Thomas 1975
G. †Tschernyschewiella Fredericks 1924
G. †Tschernyshewiella Toll 1899
G. †Cheiropyge Diener 1897
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†Cheiropyge himalayensis Diener 1897
†Cheiropyge koizumii Kobayashi and Hamada 1982
†Cheiropyge radula Flick and Shiino 2021
Invalid names: Suturikephalion Kobayashi and Hamada 1982 [synonym]
G. †Cordania Clarke 1892
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†Cordania cyclurus Hall and Clarke 1888
G. †Hahnus Özdikmen 2009
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†Hahnus maximowae Hahn and Hahn 1982
Invalid names: Eometopus Hahn and Hahn 1996 [replaced]
G. †Latecephalus Nan 1976
G. †Mystrocephala Whittington 1960
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†Mystrocephala stummi Fagerstrom 1961
G. †Narinia Archbold 1997
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: base of the Berounian to the top of the Capitanian or 457.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Oenonella paulula (106478)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Portugal (Mação) Radnoria simplex (171808 171809)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Spain (Zaragoza) Radnoria sp. (21057)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Spain (Aragon) Radnoria carlsi (80725 80768 163399)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5United Kingdom (England) Radnoria syrphetodes (23061)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Radnoria sp. (12936)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Arkansas) Radnoria sp. (26020 229058)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Radnoria sp. (497)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Radnoria humillima (14050) Radnoria sp. (14028)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8USA (Oklahoma) Cordania falcata (26826)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Oklahoma) Cordania falcata (3103) Cordania wessmani (3104)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Italy Coignouina coronata (26245)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) Cordania cyclurus (233202)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) Mystrocephala sp. Ludvigsen 1987 (23102)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Colombia Cordania gasepiou (229210)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Mystrocephala stummi (3845)
Southwoodian391.9 - 388.1USA (Indiana) Mystrocephala varicella (188933)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Illinois) Cordania pulchra (54909)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Iowa) Mystrocephala pulchra (94215) Mystrocephala raripustulosus (94213)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) Brachymetopus gemma (54952)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Brachymetopus drevermanni (38296 38298 38299 38300 38302 38304)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Missouri) Brachymetopus spinosiformis (6029) Proetides strattonporteri (6027)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guangxi) Brachymetopus oblongus, Brachymetopus germanicus, Brachymetopus woodwardii (222338)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8France Brachymetopus germanicus (38642)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Brachymetopus germanicus (38293)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8United Kingdom (England) Brachymetopus woodwardii (229660 229661 229662)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8China (Guangxi) Australosutura asiatica (222342) Brachymetopus germanicus (222332) Brachymetopus maccoyi (222341)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Australia (New South Wales) Australosutura sp. (75621)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Ohio) Australosutura lodiensis, Brachymetopus nodosus (229350) Phaethonides immaturus (229347) Phaethonides spinosus (229343)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Brachymetopus sp., Namuropyge armata (7390) Namuropyge armata, Proetides colemani (7389) Namuropyge cuyahogae (229544) Namuropyge sp., Namuropyge armata (7391)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (New Mexico) Brachymetopus indianwellsensis (64752) Namuropyge sp. (64753)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) Proetides insignis (3309) Proetides sp. (229317)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Brachymetopus regularis (217053)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (Queensland) Brachymetopus regularis, Brachymetopus dunstani, Brachymetopus intermedius (223681) Namuropyge australis, Brachymetopus intermedius (217040)
Tournaisian - Visean358.9 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Australosutura campbelli, Brachymetopus ararat (217060) Brachymetopus medinodulosus (217058)
Karakubian - Cherepetian356.4 - 352.0France Namuropyge duponti (37316)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (León) Namuropyge brevicauda, Brachymetopus maccoyi (67109)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7USA (Texas) Australosutura llanoensis (1)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany Brachymetopus ouralicus (37133) Brachymetopus senckenbergianus, Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus maccoyii (37132)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium Brachymetopus maccoyi (37123) Brachymetopus maccoyi, Brachymetopus maccoyii (37127) Brachymetopus ouralicus, Brachymetopus sucellus, Brachymetopus maccoyi (37122) Brachymetopus sucellus, Brachymetopus maccoyi (37124)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (Léon) Brachymetopus maccoyi (67110)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland Brachymetopus maccoyi (76501)
Ivorian - Holkerian353.8 - 340.0France Brachymetopus vosegus, Brachymetopus maccoyi (66732)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) Australosutura sp., Namuropyge sp. (64760) Namuropyge newmexicoensis, Australosutura llanoensis (64758) Proetides sp. (64755)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) Proetides sp. (8140)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Wales) Namuropyge kingi (229669)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Brachymetopus sp. (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Brachymetopus maccoyi (5962) Brachymetopus maccoyi, Namuropyge glaphyra (5964) Namuropyge decora, Brachymetopus maccoyi (5963)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Australosutura sp. (2683 2688) Brachymetopus sp. (6914)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) Australosutura sp. (2640 2641 2642 2643 2644 2672 2673 2675 2676 2677 2678 2680 2681 2689 2690)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) Brachymetopus sp. (562)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Brachymetopus sp. (6916)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium (Antwerpen) Brachymetopus bormanus (38848)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Brachymetopus gloriosus (217075) Namuropyge uniserialis (217042)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium Brachymetopus ouralicus, Brachymetopus maccoyi (37131) Namuropyge demaneti (37130)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany Brachymetopus coignouides (66733)
Visean - Namurian346.7 - 318.7Australia (New South Wales) Australosutura gardneri (58051)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Australia (New South Wales) Brachymetopus strzeleckii (133349)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Brachymetopus ornatus, Brachymetopus parvus, Namuropyge acanthina, Namuropyge kingi (5966) Brachymetopus ornatus, Namuropyge acanthina (5965) Brachymetopus ouralicus (5995)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Belgium Brachymetopus bormanus (42593)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Brachymetopus ornatus (28383)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Namuropyge acanthina (5967) Namuropyge kingi (229663 229670)
Namurian - Westphalian330.9 - 307.5Australia (New South Wales) Australosutura gardneri (58063)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Spain Brachymetopus sp. (162349)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine Brachymetopus edwardsi (228673)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) Brachymetopus edwardsi (42757)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Brachymetopus pseudometopina (100287)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Slovenia Brachymetopus jesenicianus (67114) Brachymetopus pseudometopina (67116) Brachymetopus pseudometopina, Brachymetopus jesenicianus (67112)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand Loeipyge spinifer (133249)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Brachymetopus alekseevi (75594)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Alaska) Cheiropyge himalayensis (105038)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Iriania jayae (81375)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Brachymetopus rhinorhachis (75865) Cheiropyge koizumii (75923)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Ukraine Brachymetopus sp. (119279)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Cheiropyge radula (224526)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Cheiropyge koizumii (114488)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Anhui) Brachymetopus gaoanensis (102110)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Cheiropyge himalayensis (89203)