Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combination: Asaphus extans
Belongs to Bathyurus according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1970
See also Billings 1859 and Whittington 1953
Sister taxa: Bathyurus (Raymondites), Bathyurus acutus, Bathyurus angustus, Bathyurus congeneris, Bathyurus ellipticus, Bathyurus esbataottinensis, Bathyurus eskimoensis, Bathyurus granulosus, Bathyurus mackenziensis, Bathyurus margareti, Bathyurus nevadensis, Bathyurus platyparius, Bathyurus simillimus, Bathyurus sunbloodensis, Bathyurus superbus, Bathyurus tuberculatus, Bathyurus ulu
Subtaxa: Bathyurus extans emaciatus
Type specimen: NYSM 4139 (lectotype), a pygidium
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Ontario), United States (5: New York, Tennessee)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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