Bathyurus ellipticus Cleland 1900

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

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