Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combination: Bathyurus acutus angustus
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99
Belongs to Bathyurus according to J. V. Tremblay and S. R. Westrop 1991
See also Ludvigsen 1979 and Ross 1970
Sister taxa: Bathyurus (Raymondites), Bathyurus acutus, Bathyurus congeneris, Bathyurus ellipticus, Bathyurus esbataottinensis, Bathyurus eskimoensis, Bathyurus extans, Bathyurus granulosus, Bathyurus mackenziensis, Bathyurus margareti, Bathyurus nevadensis, Bathyurus platyparius, Bathyurus simillimus, Bathyurus sunbloodensis, Bathyurus superbus, Bathyurus tuberculatus, Bathyurus ulu
Type specimen: USNM 160877, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections), United States (6: Nevada)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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