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Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger
Taxonomy
Acidaspis spiniger was named by Hall (1847) [≠ Bathyrus spiniger; Kay 1937, p. 300, pl. 9 [? = B. (R.) cf. B. (R.) ingalli].
≠ Raymondites spiniger; Ludvigsen 1979b, p. 39, fig. 22B, C
[= B. (R.) ingalli].
≠ Raymondites spiniger DeMott 1987, p. 76, pl. 8, figs. 1–9
[ = B. (R.) cf. B. (R.) ingalli].]. Its type specimen is AMNH 854, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Bathyurus spiniger by Clarke (1894); it was recombined as Raymondites spiniger by Whittington (1953); it was recombined as Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger by Swisher et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Bathyurus spiniger by Clarke (1894); it was recombined as Raymondites spiniger by Whittington (1953); it was recombined as Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger by Swisher et al. (2015).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Acidaspis spiniger Hall p. 241 figs. pl. 64, fig. 5 |
| 1894 | Bathyurus spiniger Clarke p. 723 fig. 38–40 |
| 1953 | Raymondites spiniger Whittington p. 655 |
| 2015 | Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger Swisher et al. pp. 128 - 129 fig. 5.1–5.10 |
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†Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger Hall 1847
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Diagnosis
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| R. E. Swisher et al. 2015 | Long, narrow glabella, with width at SO equal to approximately 60% of preoccipital length. Weakly inflated, upsloping palpebral area of fixigena with sculpture of very fine terrace ridges. |
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chazyan to the top of the Chatfieldian or 470.00000 to 451.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chazyan | Canada (Quebec) | Bathyurus spiniger (172350) | |
| Turinian | USA (Missouri) | Bathyurus spiniger (175724 181091) | |
| Blackriveran | Canada (Ontario) | Raymondites spiniger (55999) | |
| Kirkfieldian | Canada (Ontario) | Raymondites spiniger (26192) | |
| Chatfieldian | Canada (Ontario) | Raymondites spiniger (26263) |