Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Alternative spelling: Bathyuriscus (Poliella)
Synonym: Bornemannia Walcott 1925
Full reference: C.D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 5. Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64:303-456
Parent taxon: Dolichometopidae according to F. A. Sundberg and L.B. McCollum 2003
See also Eddy and McCollum 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer and Halley 1979, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1916
Sister taxa: Amphoton, Anoria, Athabaskia, Athabaskiella, Basanellus, Bathyuriscidella, Bathyuriscus, Centonella, Chilometopus, Clavaspidella, Corynexochides, Deiradonyx, Dolichometopsis, Dolichometopus, Fuchouia, Glossopleura, Hemirhodon, Hoffetella, Klotziella, Neopoliellina, Parapoliella, Poliellaites, Poliellaspis, Poliellina, Polypleuraspis, Ptarmigania, Shanghaia, Wenkchemnia
Subtaxa: Bathyuriscus (Poliella) anteros Bathyuriscus (Poliella) balus Bathyuriscus (Poliella) caranus Bathyuriscus (Poliella) occidentalis Bathyuriscus (Poliella) powersi Bathyuriscus (Poliella) primus Bathyuriscus (Poliella) sylla Bornemannia prima Poliella castlensis Poliella denticulata Poliella germana Poliella leipalox Poliella lomataspis Poliella ovala
Type: Bathyuriscus (Poliella) anteros
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Delamaran of Canada (3: British Columbia), United States (20: California, Idaho, Nevada, Nevada and California)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (28: Idaho, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 55 collections including 81 occurrences
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