Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Parent taxon: Bathyurinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathyurine, Bolbocephalus, Catochia, Cullisonia, Gelasinocephalus, Jeffersonia, Peltabellia, Psalikilopsis, Rananasus, Ranasasus, Speyeris
Subtaxa: Petigurus cullisoni Petigurus cybele Petigurus groenlandicus Petigurus inexpectatus Petigurus nero
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Arenig of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (5)
• Ordovician of Canada (30: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (1), Norway (3), United States (43: Idaho, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah)
• Skullrockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland)
Total: 87 collections including 99 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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