Bolbocephalus Whitfield 1890 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Parent taxon: Bathyurinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Loch 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bathyurine, Catochia, Cullisonia, Gelasinocephalus, Jeffersonia, Peltabellia, Petigurus, Psalikilopsis, Rananasus, Ranasasus, Speyeris

Subtaxa: Bolbocephalus (Hadrohybus) Bolbocephalus convexus Bolbocephalus ellesmerensis Bolbocephalus glaber Bolbocephalus gunnari Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis Bolbocephalus kindlei Bolbocephalus myktos Bolbocephalus seelyi Bolbocephalus stclairi Bolbocephalus stitti

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Type: Bathyurus seelyi

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Utah collection)

• Arenig of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (2)

• Canadian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)

• Ordovician of Canada (47: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), Norway (4), United States (49: Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont)

• Skullrockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland)

• Ibexian of Canada (1: Quebec)

Total: 108 collections including 127 occurrences

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