Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative spelling: Arionellus (Bathyurus)
Parent taxon: Bathyuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tortello 2023
Sister taxa: Acidiphorus, Aponileus, Bathyurellinae, Bathyurinae, Eleutherocentrus, Ermanella, Gignopeltis, Gladiatoria, Madaraspis, Psephosthenaspis, Pseudoolenoides, Raymondites, Strigigenalis
Subtaxa: Bathyurus (Raymondites) Bathyurus acutus Bathyurus angustus 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
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (15: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections)
• Whiterockian of Canada (40: Northwest Territories, Quebec), United States (16: Nevada)
• Arenigian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (26: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (1), United States (36: Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa/Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Skullrockian of Canada (6: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Ibexian of United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 144 collections including 165 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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