Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combinations: Hystricurus ellipticus, Petigurus ellipticus
Full reference: H.F. Cleland. 1900. The Calciferous of the Mohawk Valley, with descriptions of new species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 3(13):1-26
Belongs to Bathyurus according to I. Knight et al. 2008
See also Bassler 1915 and Cleland 1900
Sister taxa: Bathyurus (Raymondites), Bathyurus acutus, Bathyurus angustus, Bathyurus congeneris, 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: Its type locality is Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida, which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tribes Hill Formation of New York
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), United States (4: New York)
• Skullrockian of Canada (6: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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